From Little Acorns..: Environmental Action as a Source of Well-Being for Schoolchildren

Autor/inn/en	Waite, S.; Goodenough, A.; Norris, V.; Puttick, N.
Titel	From Little Acorns..: Environmental Action as a Source of Well-Being for Schoolchildren
Quelle	In: Pastoral Care in Education, 34 (2016) 1, S.43-61 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-3944
DOI	10.1080/02643944.2015.1119879
Schlagwörter	Sustainable Development; Environmental Education; Natural Resources; Well Being; Surveys; Group Discussion; Secondary Schools; Altruism; Case Studies; Citizenship Responsibility; Motivation; Student Surveys; Adolescents; Memory; Stakeholders; Interviews; Forestry; Conservation (Environment); Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Gruppendiskussion; Sekundarschule; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Schülerbefragung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gedächtnis; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Elementarunterricht; Ausland
Abstract	Pastoral care in education may take many forms but increasing emphasis on education for sustainable development (ESD) and concern about children's disconnection from nature suggests that our understanding of care should perhaps encompass the more than human world. The study described in this article examines longer term perspectives on well-being and looks at the possible benefits of environmental action for happiness and positive functioning. Considering the role of memory in the reconstruction of a past experience of tree planting, we suggest that well-being is constantly being reframed within the flux of life course and education. From survey responses and subsequent discussion groups in secondary schools exploring such memories, a deeper understanding of what well-being and connectedness to nature mean to young people within this case study is achieved. We note interdependencies between personal and planetary well-being within respondents' reflections and consider whether experiences of environmental action and its positioning as an act of altruism for the greater good might provide a source of positive feelings for young people not only at the time, but through subsequent recollection. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01