Peer-reviewed research2017 Otago review (McNatty & Boyes)
'Touched by the Earth': a place-based outdoor learning programme incorporating the Arts
Working with young adolescents, the study found the Arts play a crucial role in embodied, multi-sensory learning that nurtures nature awareness and attachment.
What's new
The paper explores how the Arts may be incorporated into ecopedagogies and what creative work can reveal about communication with the environment. Working with young adolescent participants, the findings indicate the crucial role the Arts can play in embodied and multi-sensory learning, which nurtures greater nature awareness and attachment.
Why it matters in Aotearoa
Shows the Arts can deepen connection to place.
Putting it into practice
Use art-making in outdoor programmes to deepen nature awareness.
How strong is the evidence
Peer-reviewed study with young adolescents
What to read
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Who it's for
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