Çocuk gelişiminde doğa temelli eğitim: çocuklara etkisi ve aile katılımının rolü

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 16, 60 - 67, 30.12.2025

Mustafa Günaydı , Ayşe Belgin Aksoy

https://doi.org/10.36731/cg.1575004

Öz

Doğa temelli eğitim, çocukların bilişsel, sosyal, duygusal ve fiziksel gelişimlerini destekleyen, onları doğal çevreyle bağ kurmaya teşvik eden bir eğitim yaklaşımıdır. Bu model, deneyimsel öğrenmeyi merkeze alarak çocukların çevresel farkındalık, sürdürülebilirlik ve doğaya saygı gibi değerler geliştirmesini hedefler. Çocukların doğayla etkileşiminin azalması fiziksel ve ruhsal sağlıkları üzerinde olumsuz etkiler yaratabilmektedir. Doğa temelli eğitim, çocukların problem çözme, iş birliği ve yaratıcılık gibi becerilerini güçlendirirken, onların doğaya karşı daha duyarlı bireyler olmalarını sağlar.
Türkiye’de son yıllarda doğa temelli eğitim yaklaşımlarına olan ilgi artmıştır. Bazı okullar, çevre eğitimi ve doğa temelli aktiviteleri müfredatlarına entegre ederek, çocukların doğayla daha yakın ilişki kurmalarını teşvik etmektedir. Türkiye’de yapılan araştırmalar, doğa temelli eğitimin çocukların bilişsel, sosyal ve duygusal gelişimlerinde olumlu etkiler yarattığını göstermektedir.
Aile katılımı da bu eğitimin başarıya ulaşmasında önemli bir rol oynar. Ebeveynler, doğa yürüyüşleri, çevre atölyeleri gibi açık hava etkinlikleriyle çocuklarının eğitim süreçlerine dahil olarak çevreye karşı sorumluluk bilincini güçlendirebilirler. Türkiye’de bu tür programlar, ailelerin katılımını teşvik ederek çocukların eğitim süreçlerini destekleyen uygulamalar içermektedir.
Sonuç olarak, doğa temelli eğitim, çocukların doğayla bağlarını güçlendiren, onların çevresel bilinçlerini ve sosyal becerilerini geliştiren önemli bir pedagojik yaklaşımdır. Ailelerin bu sürece aktif katılımı, çocukların hem doğa ile ilişkilerini hem de sürdürülebilir yaşam alışkanlıklarını pekiştirir ve topluma daha bilinçli bireyler kazandırır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Doğa temelli eğitim , Erken çocukluk , Aile katılımı

Nature-Based Education in Child Development: Effects on Children and the Role of Family Involvement

Öz

Nature-based education is an educational approach that supports children's cognitive, social, emotional and physical development and encourages them to connect with the natural environment. This model focuses on experiential learning and aims to help children develop values such as environmental awareness, sustainability and respect for nature Reducing children's interaction with nature can have negative effects on their physical and mental health. Nature-based education strengthens children's skills such as problem solving, cooperation and creativity, and enables them to become more sensitive individuals towards nature.
In Turkey, interest in nature-based education approaches has increased in recent years. Some schools are integrating environmental education and nature-based activities into their curricula, encouraging children to develop a closer relationship with nature. Research in Turkey shows that nature-based education has positive effects on children's cognitive, social and emotional development.
Family involvement also plays an important role in the success of this education. Parents can strengthen their children's sense of responsibility towards the environment by involving them in outdoor activities such as nature walks and environmental workshops. In Turkey, such programs include practices that support children's educational processes by encouraging the participation of families.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Nature-based education , Early childhood , Familiy involvement

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