基于参与式的美国幼儿园环境营造及循证研究

Community-based Approach for Preschool Design and Evidence-based Research in the United States

亲自然对于儿童的身心健康意义重大,快速城市化带来的环境退化和潜在不良影响会对人类健康福祉产生巨大挑战,本文结合美国联邦和州政府资助的儿童研究与实践项目,通过分析项目开展的特点、程序及实施过程中获得的经验教训,探讨基于参与式的美国幼儿园环境设计项目开展的具体途径与方法,为促进我国儿童与自然的直接接触、提高户外学习环境的质量带来启示。

Access to nature has multiple physical and mental benefits for children.Rapid ongoing urbanization poses the challenge of maximizing the benefits of agglomeration while minimizing the environmental degradation and other potential adverse effects.These effects could present great challenges to human health and well-being.This article introduces the lesson learned from participating in several federal and state funded research and design projects,including their specific targets,procedures,and processes,that aims for the community-based design approach in the United States.The implications help further the design research of children’s contact with nature as well as the improvement of quality outdoor learning environment in China.