Deficit of nature as a manifestation of a hidden curriculum of the school Poznan educational studies 2021
Deficit of nature as a manifestation of a hidden curriculum of the school Poznan educational studies 2021
Author(s): Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska, Marzena Buchnat, Agnieszka Cybal-Michalska, Izabela Cytlak, Sylwia Jaskulska, Bożena Kanclerz, Mateusz Marciniak, Lucyna Myszka-Strychalska, Joanna Szafran, Renata Wawrzyniak-BeszterdaSubject(s): Education, School education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Fundacja Pedagogium
Keywords: nature deficit disorder; nature-based learning; hidden curriculum; null curriculum; school space;
Summary/Abstract: Poznan educational studies 2021, conducted in order to improve Poznan city's educational policy for the next ten years, covers several areas of students' school experience. The study focuses on the area of ecology and one aspect of it: students' contact with nature. The aim of the study was to find out whether Poznan students are exposed to nature deficit and thus at risk of developing nature deficit syndrome. 996 students from primary and secondary Poznan schools were surveyed online in the Poznan educational studies project. Five questions from the questionnaire were used in this study. Basic statistics and Chi-square tests were conducted in data analysis, using row data basis on the survey. The study proved the nature deficit syndrome in the analyzed group of students. Only 14% of them experienced lessons outside the school building during their school lives. This fact is interpreted in the paper in the context of Jackson's concept of the hidden curriculum and Eisner's concept of the null curriculum. It also referred to the concepts of deficit of nature disorder and the hypothesis of biophilia.
Journal: Resocjalizacja Polska
- Issue Year: 24/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 451-465
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English