The Importance of Nature Education
The Darien Nature Center envisions a community that is deeply connected to nature
as well as inspired to take action to preserve and protect it and nature education is the primary way to engage.
Nature education is a premium all children should be able to experience as it is beneficial in numerous and varied ways.
Nature Education is Important
Improves Academic Achievement
Students who enjoyed outdoor education experienced increased standardized test scores, enhanced attitude about school, improved in-school behavior, improved attendance, and overall enhanced student achievement.
https://www.air.org/resource/report/effects-outdoor-education-programs-children-california
Builds Connection to the Natural World
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Natural environments elicit greater calming responses than urban environments, and in relation to their vision there is a general reduction of physiological symptoms of stress. Exposure to natural scenes mediates the negative effects of stress reducing the negative mood state and above all enhancing positive emotions. Moreover, one can recover the decrease of cognitive performance associated with stress, especially reflected in attention tasks, through the salutary effect of viewing nature.
Berto, Rita. The Role of Nature in Coping with Psycho-Physiological Stress: A Literature Review on Restorativeness; Behav. Sci. 2014, 4(4), 394-409; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs4040394
Supports Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
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