The importance of Forest School and the pathways to nature connection

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Dave Cudworth ◽  
Ryan Lumber
Keyword(s):  
Forest School ◽  
Nature Connection

Sobre Educação, Arte e Vídeoarte: rupturas, resiliência e práticas de ensino/aprendizagem na sala de aula

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nélia Lúcia Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Forest School ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
History Of ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study first approaches the history of the observer’s gaze, that is, as observers, we are forming or constructing our way of visualizing moving images. Secondly, it reaffirms the importance and need of resistance of the teaching / learning of Art as a compulsory curricular component for high school. Finally, the third part reports an experience with video art production in a class of first year high school students, establishing an interrelationship between theory and practice, that is, we study video art content to reach the production of videos, aiming as a final result, the art videos created by the students of the Reference Center in Environmental Education Forest School Prof. Eidorfe Moreira High School. The first and second stages of this research share a theoretical part of the Master ‘s thesis, Making films on the Island: audiovisual production as an escape line in Cotijuba, periphery of Belem, completed in 2013.

scholarly journals Measuring Connection to Nature—A Illustrated Extension of the Inclusion of Nature in Self Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1761
Author(s):  
Matthias Winfried Kleespies ◽  
Tina Braun ◽  
Paul Wilhelm Dierkes ◽  
Volker Wenzel
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Measuring Instruments ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
Nature Connection ◽  
Cognitive Limitations ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Actual Target ◽  
Similar Accuracy

The human-nature connection is an important factor that is frequently the subject of environmental education research and environmental psychology. Therefore, over the years, numerous measuring instruments have been established to quantitatively record a person’s connection to nature. However, there is no instrument specifically for children with cognitive limitations. For this reason, in this study, an established scale for connection to nature, the inclusion of nature in self scale (INS), was modified especially for the needs of this group. Study 1 investigated what students understand by the term “nature” in order to create an illustrated version of the INS. In study 2, the new instrument was tested on university students and compared with the original INS and the connectedness to nature scale (CNS). No significant differences between the original INS and the new developed scale were found (p = 0.247), from which it can be concluded that the illustrated INS (IINS) measures the connection to nature with similar accuracy as the original INS. In study 3, the instrument was tested together with other established nature connection instruments on the actual target group, students with disabilities. The correlation between the IINS, the CNS, and nature connectedness scale (NR) were in accordance with the expected literature values (rIINS-CNS = 0.570 & rIINS-NR = 0.605). The results of this study also prove effectiveness of the developed illustrated scale. This research thus provides a suitable measuring instrument for people with learning difficulties and can make a contribution to the investigation of human-nature connections and conservation education.

scholarly journals Enhancing Nature Connection and Positive Affect in Children through Mindful Engagement with Natural Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4785
Author(s):  
Alexia Barrable ◽  
David Booth ◽  
Dylan Adams ◽  
Gary Beauchamp
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Nature Connection ◽  
Mindful Engagement

Nature connection, which describes a positive relationship between humans and the rest of nature, has been recognised as a worthwhile goal of all education. Given its association with wellbeing, as well as the fact that it can predict ecological behaviours in children, there have been several calls for it to become central to environmental education, and an important tool in tackling climate change. Previous research has reported the success of short-term interventions in increasing nature connection in children, but to date no empirical studies have looked at how mindful engagement with nature can promote both nature connection and positive affect. This study took place in a nature reserve in Wales and included n = 74 children, aged 9–10, who took part in three mindful activities. Pre- and post- measures included nature connection and positive/negative affect. Analysis showed a significant small to medium effect of the activity on nature connection. Moreover, positive affect significantly increased post-activity, while negative affect showed a small decrease.

scholarly journals Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-445
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Mikołajczak ◽  
Alexander C. Lees ◽  
Jos Barlow ◽  
Frazer Sinclair ◽  
Oriana Trindade de Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Nature Connection

scholarly journals Shared experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Kay Heslop
Keyword(s):  
Urban Forest ◽  
Practitioner Research ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Forest School

Kay Heslop outlines how the implementation of a ‘Research Circle’ created a dynamic space for practitioner research into intergenerational practice in an urban forest school.

scholarly journals Does engagement in Forest School influence perceptions of risk, held by children, their parents, and their school staff?

2020 ◽  
pp. 312-324
Author(s):  
Alice Savery ◽  
Tim Cain ◽  
Jo Garner ◽  
Tracy Jones ◽  
Emily Kynaston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Staff ◽  
Forest School ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
School Influence ◽  
Influence Perceptions
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