TY - JOUR T1 - Bahçenin Ötesinde: Çocuklar İçin Doğayla Bütünleşik Öğrenme Mekânları TT - Beyond the Garden: Nature-Integrated Learning Environments for Children AU - Altun, Tutku Didem PY - 2025 DA - July Y2 - 2025 JF - Kentsel ve Yapılı Çevrede Çocuk Araştırmaları Dergisi - J-CUBE JO - J-CUBE PB - Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 3062-2891 SP - 36 EP - 57 VL - 1 IS - 2 LA - tr AB - Bu çalışma, erken çocukluk eğitim yapılarında mimari tasarımın çocukların doğayla kurduğu bağı nasıl güçlendirebileceğini, dünya genelinden altı örnek üzerinden karşılaştırmalı olarak incelemektedir. Araştırmada Locarno, Fuji, My Montessori Garden, Environmental Nature Center Preschool, Te Mirumiru ve Kadıköy Bahriye Üçok anaokulları, mekânsal organizasyonları, pedagojik arka planları, sürdürülebilirlik stratejileri ve kullanıcı deneyimleri üzerinden değerlendirilmiştir. Analizler, doğayla etkileşimli olmanın sadece “bahçeli olmak”la sınırlı kalmayıp; doğanın yapının içine sızdığı, çocukların oyun, keşif ve öğrenme süreçlerine doğrudan dahil olduğu bütüncül bir tasarımı gerektirdiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Mekânın yalnızca fiziksel bir arka plan değil, “üçüncü öğretmen” olarak konumlandığı durumlarda, çocukların doğaya dair bilişsel ve duyusal farkındalıklarının daha etkili geliştiği gözlemlenmektedir. Araştırma, çocuk-doğa ilişkisini destekleyen beş temel mimari stratejiyi (iç-dış mekân sürekliliği, doğal malzeme kullanımı, doğa ile etkileşimli oyun alanları, iklime duyarlı tasarım ve esnek mekân kurgusu) öne çıkarmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, mimari tasarımın yalnızca çevresel değil, pedagojik ve kültürel bir araç olduğu vurgulanmakta; sürdürülebilirliğin davranışsal olduğu kadar mekânsal olarak da inşa edilmesi gerektiği savunulmaktadır. 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