The contributions of familial and environmental factors to children’s connection with nature and outdoor activities

Ahmetoğlu, Emine

doi:10.1080/03004430.2017.1314273

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“…Dornhoff et al (2019) found greater nature relatedness among female high school students in Germany compared to males, but the reverse among high school students in Ecuador, which they believed reflected cultural differences between these countries. Ahmetoglu (2019), Bragg et al. (2013) and Musitu‐Ferrer, León‐Moreno, Callejas‐Jerónimo, Esteban‐Ibáñez, and Musitu‐Ochoa (2019) found no gender differences in their Turkish, British and Spanish samples.…”

Section: Measuring Nature Connection In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 96%

Childhood nature connection and constructive hope: A review of research on connecting with nature and coping with environmental loss

2020

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Within a generation, children's lives have largely moved indoors, with the loss of free‐ranging exploration of the nearby natural world, even as research indicates that direct experiences of nature in childhood contribute to care for nature across the life span. In response, many conservation organizations advocate connecting children with nature, and there has been rising interest in measuring young people's connectedness with nature, understanding how it relates to their well‐being and stewardship behaviour and creating programs to increase connection. This article reviews the literature on these topics, covering both quantitative and qualitative studies. It notes that this research emphasizes positive experiences and emotions, even as global environmental changes and biodiversity loss accelerate. Young people's emotions of worry, frustration and sadness as they learn about environmental degradation also express their understanding that they are connected to the biosphere. Therefore this review includes research on how young people cope with information about large‐scale environmental problems, and it identifies practices to sustain hope. The review concludes by suggesting how research on connection with nature and coping with environmental change can benefit from integration. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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Section: Measuring Nature Connection In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 96%

Childhood nature connection and constructive hope: A review of research on connecting with nature and coping with environmental loss

2020

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“…It was also the first study internationally to compare levels of nature connection in forest schools vs. general population of the same age. Finally, it was the first study to look at associations between parental nature connection and child nature connection in the UK, following on from literature that highlights the importance of experience, shared values, and home environment as predictors for nature connection [37,49]. Putting this into the context of early childhood and the critical developmental stages that children undergo at this age, this study has shown one possible process of building a sustainable and positive relationship with nature starting in early childhood, by incorporating nature-rich routines, such as those practised in nature nurseries, into more traditional settings.…”

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Nature Connection in Early Childhood: A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Study

Barrable

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2020

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There have been calls to reconnect children with nature, both for their own wellbeing, as well as for ecological sustainability. This has driven the growth of outdoor and nature-schools for all ages, but especially in the early childhood education sector. However, to date, there has not been a quantitative study that looks at whether these settings actually promote nature connection. This paper aims to examine the role of nature nurseries in the promotion of connection to nature, when compared to traditional nurseries. Data were collected on the nature connection, using the Connection to Nature Index for Parents of Preschool Children, of 216 children aged 1–8 years, 132 of whom attended nature nurseries while the rest attended traditional nurseries. Duration and frequency of attendance, sex, and parental nature connection were also reported. Statistical analyses were conducted for overall nature connection scores, individual dimension sub-scores and, for the children who attended nature nursery, against predictors. Results indicate that attending a nature nursery is associated with higher nature connection. Predictors for children’s connection to nature were parental nature connection, and total time spent in attendance of an outdoor nursery. This suggests a dose-response style relationship between attendance and nature connection. Implications for real-life applications are put forward and further research directions are explored.

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“…Th e children's experience with nature or the outdoors followed the same trend. While the children's biophilia scores did not vary signifi cantly with regard to their parents' income, the parents with low incomes reported lower levels of experience with nature in their children than the parents with medium and higher incomes (Ahmetoğlu, 2017).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…they did not have the opportunity to visit grandparents in the countryside during school holidays) cannot pass on the necessary experience, even if they wanted to (Jones, 2014 as cited in Blatt & Patrick, 2014;Marcum-Dietrich et al, 2011). Th e education and social situation of parents also have an effect -parents with a higher level of education generally encourage their children to come into contact with nature more than parents with a lower level of education or income (Ahmetoğlu, 2017). Th ese fi ndings are consistent with Schoeppe et al (2015), who found that parents with lower incomes are less likely to permit their children to play independently outdoors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite this fact, most of the studies that were analysed are aimed at pre-school children or school pupils, and less often at teachers, who strongly infl uence children and pupils (Barrable & Lakin, 2019;Blatt & Patrick, 2014;Ernst & Tornabene, 2012;Karakaya et al, 2017;Kroufek et al, 2018;Sahin & Alici, 2019). Even fewer papers are aimed at parents (Ahmetoğlu, 2017;Hyun 2005).…”

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Alienation from Nature and Its Impact on Primary and Pre-primary Education

Jančaříková¹,

Kroufek²,

Modrý³

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The alienation from nature has a major impact on the education of primary school pupils and pre-school children. In the review paper we focus on research into this phenomena. We chose 79 articles on Web of Science, 39 on Scopus, and two in the Czech database RIV. From this a total number of 21 articles were selected, analysed and presented to the readers in this article. It turned out that alienation from nature is a fuzzy concept. Many experts rely on it. But it is not precisely defined in the literature. Two main topics appeared in the articles that were considered: connectedness and relation to nature and fear of animals and disgust aroused by them. The main findings are: a) teachers and parents are already alienated, b) examples of good practice show ways of bringing nature closer to children, c) children’s attitudes to nature are changing; they are more afraid of animals and disgusted by them, d) a certain degree of fear and disgust is useful, e) differences between the sexes appear only at an older age. This phenomenon needs to be studied further. Keywords: pre-school pedagogy, primary school pedagogy, alienation from nature, generation alpha

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The contributions of familial and environmental factors to children’s connection with nature and outdoor activities

Cited by 36 publications

References 44 publications

Childhood nature connection and constructive hope: A review of research on connecting with nature and coping with environmental loss

Childhood nature connection and constructive hope: A review of research on connecting with nature and coping with environmental loss

Nature Connection in Early Childhood: A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Study

Alienation from Nature and Its Impact on Primary and Pre-primary Education

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