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Zhang, Zhenzhen; Stevenson, Kathryn T.; Martin, Katherine L. – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Although green schoolyards provide many benefits to children and communities, little research explores students' perceptions of these benefits and how natural elements (e.g. gardens, trees) and associated use shape student experience. We examine the relationship between nature-based attributes, nature-based activities, and teacher-led activities…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Playgrounds, Play, Mental Health
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Viteri, Fátima; Clarebout, Geraldine; Crauwels, Marion – Environmental Education Research, 2013
While key conceptions and the status of environmental education (EE) have been reported at various international, regional, national and local levels, those in play in the schools of Quito (Ecuador) are still relatively unknown. Of particular interest to this study are private schools: they are considerable in number in Ecuador and elsewhere, yet…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Private Schools, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
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Kalvaitis, Darius; Monhardt, Rebecca M. – Environmental Education Research, 2012
How do young children portray and describe their relationships with nature? In what ways do young children's relationships with nature vary by grade level? These two research questions guided this phenomenographic study, which investigated developmental differences in children's relationships with nature. A total of 176 children, aged 6-11, from…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Environmental Education, Young Children, Content Analysis