Early-Life Outdoor Experiences and an Individual's Environmental Attitudes

By Alan Ewert, G. Place, Jim Sibthorp. 2005

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Social Psychology

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Early childhood educators’ use of natural outdoor settings as learning environments: an exploratory study of beliefs, practices, and barriers (2014, background): “Research by Ewert, Place, and Sibthorp (2005) indicates nature play experiences in childhood may foster pro-environment attitudes and beliefs later in life.”
Connecting students to nature – how intensity of nature experience and student age influence the success of outdoor education programs (2017, background): “In contrast to the universal view of nature connectedness, various researchers follow a place-based approach suggesting that nature connectedness has no benefit when using it imprecisely (Beery and Wolf-Watz 2014; Brown and raymond 2007; ewert, Place, and Sibthorp 2005; Stedman 2002).”
Young Children’s Contributions to Sustainability: The Influence of Nature Play on Curiosity, Executive Function Skills, Creative Thinking, and Resilience (2019, background): “Research by Wells and Lekies [6] and Ewert, Place, and Sibthorp [7] suggest early experiences in nature influence attitudes and behaviors relating to the environment, having the potential to shape subsequent environmental paths as adults.”
An Exploration of the Relationships between Adults' Childhood and Current Nature Exposure and Their Mental Well-Being (2023, methodology): “When considering ecological behavior and connectedness to nature, in addition to previous research (e.g., Chipeniuk, 1995, Bixler et al., 2002; Ewert et al., 2005, Wells & Lekies, 2006), evidence was found for a remaining, although slight, relationship between childhood nature exposure and these…”
Promoting connectedness with nature through environmental education (2013, background): “Ewert, Place, and Sibthorp ( 2005 ) also mention that early life experiences such as formal classroom education and environmental education did not predict environmental beliefs in adults.”
Conservation Volunteers' Connection to Nature (2009, neutral): “…have found that nature activities in childhood are important in developing a concern about the environment ( Tanner, 1980 ; Chawla, 1999 ; Kals, Schumacher, & Montada, 1999 ; Bixler, Floyd, & Hammitt, 2002 ; Ewert, Place, & Sibthorp, 2005 ; Lohr & Pearson-Mims, 2005 ; Wells & Lekies, 2006 ).”
Preservice early childhood educators’ perceptions of outdoor settings as learning environments (2012, background): “Fjortoft (2001) suggests nature play results in a marked increase in children’s interest in and knowledge of nature.”
Extinction of experience: the loss of human–nature interactions (2016, background): “Interviews with more than 500 undergraduate students revealed that their current views concerning the environment were related to the degree of their participation in outdoor activities as children or youths (Ewert et al. 2005 ).”