Children's sense of place in desert towns: A phenomenographic enquiry

Noa Avriel-Avni; Ornit Spektor-Levy; Michal Zion; Nachaliel Rosalind Levi

doi:10.1080/10382046.2010.496987

Children's sense of place in desert towns: A phenomenographic enquiry

Noa Avriel-Avni, Ornit Spektor-Levy, Michal Zion, Nachaliel Rosalind Levi

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Set against the background of the call for sustainable development, a fostering of sense of place emerged as one of education for sustainability's chief goals. Heidegger's concept of dwelling thinking guided us, in this research, to look beyond the emotional and cognitive attachment to a place toward a state of mind which is not limited to a specific place but can also be taken with the dweller wherever he or she goes. A qualitative tool based on analysis of children's drawings was developed for characterizing dwelling thinking in desert towns' children aged 9-10. The results clarified different forms of sense of place and pointed to practical methodologies for the enhancement of dwelling thinking in our quest for sustainability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-259
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2010.496987
State	Published - 1 Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Children's drawings
Dwelling thinking
Education for sustainability
Phenomenographic methodology
Sense of place

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Geography, Planning and Development
Education
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