Children's Preferences for Schoolyard Features and Understanding of Ecosystem Service Innovations -- A Study in Five Swedish Preschools

Autor/inn/en	Almers, Ellen; Askerlund, Per; Samuelsson, Tobias; Waite, Sue
Titel	Children's Preferences for Schoolyard Features and Understanding of Ecosystem Service Innovations -- A Study in Five Swedish Preschools
Quelle	In: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 21 (2021) 3, S.230-246 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1472-9679
DOI	10.1080/14729679.2020.1773879
Schlagwörter	Childrens Attitudes; Preferences; Affordances; Preschool Children; Preschools; Playgrounds; Ecology; Environmental Education; Outdoor Education; Sustainable Development; Health Promotion; Physical Environment; Educational Facilities Improvement; Physical Activities; Plants (Botany); Animals; Scientific Literacy; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Playground; Spielplatz; Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Freiluftunterricht; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Natürliche Umwelt; Pflanze; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	This study was carried out within a project to promote health and ecosystem services, 'the benefits people obtain from ecosystems', in preschools in Sweden. The paper applies the concept 'affordance' to capture the functional meaning that children assign to different material aspects of their schoolyards before and after the installation of additional environmental features. The findings from walk-and-talks with 23 preschool children highlight what features children preferred in their yards and why. Few children showed spontaneous attention to the installed features, e.g. insect hotels. This might be more because children were not enough involved within the schoolyard development and experienced little guided exploration of environmental affordances, rather than a lack of interest per se. Given this, we suggest that development projects to upgrade schoolyards for improved ecosystem services should involve children in the design of the ecosystem services promoting features throughout the development work, and thereby, integrally, promote ecological literacy. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01