Imagine a School: Children Draw and Explain the Ideal Environmental School

Autor/inn/en	Gal, Adiv; Gan, Dafna
Titel	Imagine a School: Children Draw and Explain the Ideal Environmental School
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 37 (2021) 3, S.208-223 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
DOI	10.1017/aee.2021.3
Schlagwörter	Imagination; Freehand Drawing; Educational Environment; Grade 3; Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Physical Environment; Psychological Patterns; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drawing; Zeichnen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Natürliche Umwelt; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Using drawings and accompanying written and oral explanations by third- and sixth-grade students, this phenomenological study is an examination of the children's perception of the ideal environmental school. Analysis of the 128 features in the drawing yielded four categories: (1) physical -- with natural areas and outdoor learning, (2) cognitive -- core subjects and environmental ones, (3) emotional -- the students' feelings and the spaces for releasing stress and energy and (4) educational -- environmental education (EE) includes a variety of pedagogies, features of nature and environmental solutions. While the drawings and explanations presented the school as the children know it, without boundary-breaking imagination and creativity, they also showed a desire for a positive school atmosphere, defined as essential to holistic EE and to leading environmental change. The positive atmosphere, nature and the environmental spaces can be the foundation of developing EE that is not fear based, which often generates helplessness and prevents action. The recommendations emphasise the need to enhance positive thinking and not to focus only on fear tactics as a means to enhance holistic EE and protect the environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01