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État de publication: publié
Nom de la revue: Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education
Intervalle de pages: 1-52
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42322-024-00189-x
Résumé: The impact of nature on health has been the subject of numerous studies across a wide range of populations. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many nature-based learning programs have been developed for primary and secondary school children. This scoping review aims to describe the effects of nature-based experiences within a school setting on primary and secondary school children’s physical, mental, and social health. Of 482 included articles in the corpus, a total of 16 studies published between 2011 and 2022 involving 2,848 students from 5 to 18 years old were analysed. The selected studies have a quantitative or mixed design, but they vary in terms of population characteristics, health-related variables measured, and measurement instruments used. The results were classified and discussed according to three dimensions of health: physical, mental, and social. A greater number of studies focus on mental health (11/16) and physical health (9/16) than social health (5/16). All variables used are defined and a detailed description of each intervention involving the context, length, frequency, supervision, and natural environment was extracted. The studies included in this scoping review show various benefits of nature-based learning on young people’s health, but its effects require further study, especially regarding long-term impacts and sustainable lifestyle changes. Strengths and limitations are discussed.
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