"Holding Environments": Creating Spaces to Support Children's Environmental Learning in the 21st Century

Autor/in	Malone, Karen
Titel	"Holding Environments": Creating Spaces to Support Children's Environmental Learning in the 21st Century
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 20 (2004) 2, S.53-66 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Environmental Education; Children; Ecology; Play; Educational Opportunities; Sustainable Development; Plants (Botany); Gardening + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ökologie; Spiel; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Pflanze; Gartenarbeit
Abstract	For many children across the globe, whether in low or high income nations, growing up in the 21st century will mean living in overcrowded, unsafe and polluted environments which provide limited opportunity for natural play and environmental learning. Yet Agenda 21, the Habitat Agenda and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child all clearly articulate the importance of urban environments as the context for supporting children's sense of place, community identity and empathy with the natural world. I will argue in this paper that these attributes are all key drivers for supporting children in their role as future decision makers and environmental stewards. Extending Winnicotts' concept of "holding environments" beyond the social and cultural aspects of communities as sites for placemaking I draw a link to the value of botanical gardens and other green spaces in cities as the "holding environments" for children's environmental learning. I will construct an argument around the premise that to participate in, and contribute to, global sustainability--our children need places and the opportunity to engage, connect and respond to nature. (Contains 5 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for Environmental Education, Inc. P.O. Box 560, Bellingen, NSW 2454, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6655-1865; Fax: +61-2-6655-1596; e-mail: admin@aaee.org.au; Web site: http://www.aaee.org.au/publications/ajee.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10