THEROY：The importance of children's contact with nature
CHILD'S WEEK
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
THE SOUND OF NATURE
what they did in the school ?
Mon～Fri
Theory of Cognitive Development
To observe, explore, think, and finally draw conclusions！
go to school
7:00 am
Adequate contact with nature can promote children's physical and mental development, but today's children in cities are mostly exposed to electronic products and homogenized industrial
In class
products have fewer opportunities to contact the natural environment.
Jean Piaget Cognitive psychologist
7:00am ~12:00am
Total population: 1,393,380,000 59.58%
The education of children should
After school
village
Rural permanent population of 564.01 million
100000
Proportion of urban-rural population in mainland China in 2019
80000
What are they doing during the holidays ?
4:00pm ~5:00Pm Sat～Sun
60000
1964
1982
1990
2000
2010
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel Educator
Picnic Go to the mall together
40000
1953
2015
Number and proportion of urban and rural population
1
Intelligence
more opportunities for kid to discover nature
2
delightful of self expression
anxiety and restlessness
3
interact different playmates
learn to share and problem solve
4
space for physical activity
build strong bodies
Interview 1. Less contact with nature
900 600
1. Large numbers of rural people migrated to cities.
300 0
4.Parents busy with work
Summary:
1200
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Number of migrant children of migrant workers in primary schools nationwide
Summary:
John Dewey Philosopher, educator
BENEFIT OF NATURE FOR KIDS
Visit the Science Museum
1500
Learning by doing!
Games and manual homework should be the most important activities in early childhood, and the teaching of knowledge is only an additional part.
city
urban permanent population is 831.3 million
All education should be generated by experience!
conform to their nature and meet their instinctive needs!
Emotion
developing inquisitive minds
think, question, and make hypotheses
gain resilience and confidence.
enhances a sense of peace
2. City envirnmental factor 3. A lot of time studying in textbooks
Social
1. Children living in cities are far away from nature.
2. Increase in the number of urban children.
2. Most of the things you come into contact with in life are
3. The growth environment of children in cities is mostly
man-made objects.
man-made objects and less contact with nature.
3. The restricted conditions are: environment, time, concept.
Physical development
FINAL CONCEPT
develop empathy
contributing to strong immune system
A product that can accompany children with nature in the city. Children can fully observe the growth process of different types of plants, and simple interaction design can guide them to take care of plants. The distribution of plants includes various types throughout the year.
Soak in water for 24 hours
The first stage
5～8 days later。。。
18-22℃
The second stage
Put different functions on different layers, the first layer is planting, the second layer is planting tools, and the third layer is watering system
The third stage