Reconstructing The Connection Between Children And Nature

In the modern society,the urbanization process,the rise of electronic products and the heavy schoolwork burden have caused the alienation between children and nature,causing children to suffer from "nature deficit disorder".The lack of natural childhood experience will have a negative impact on the healthy growth of children's body and mind.Therefore,it is necessary for education to let children return to nature and rebuild the connection between children and nature through natural experience education.In the history of China and foreign countries,there are no lack of thinkers or educators who put forward thoughts on the relationship between human beings and nature.As early as in the spring and autumn period,Chinese thinker Lao tze advocated the idea of harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.In the period of the republic of China,Tao Xingzhi and Chen Heqin both proposed that children's education should return to nature.In the history of western education,Rousseau,Suchomlinsky and others also advocated the education of children in nature.Since modern times,with the rapid development of industrialization,environmental and ecological problems have become increasingly prominent.People not only began to pay attention to environmental problems,but also began to reflect on the relationship between human beings and nature.The concept advocated by natural experience education has attracted people's attention.More and more schools and institutions have carried out the practice of natural experience education.This paper summarizes the basic concept of natural experience education,analyzes the connotation and value of natural experience education,analyzes the current situation and problems of natural experience education,and finally provides countermeasures and solutions for carrying out natural experience education.Natural experience education is a form of education that takes the natural environment as the place,through purposeful and systematic experiential activities,enables students to gain direct experience,thus acquiring comprehensive knowledge,improving practical ability and establishing profound emotional connection with nature.Nature experience education itself has four distinct characteristics,such as situational,procedural,comprehensive and action-oriented.Nature experience education can not only promote children's overall development,help to establish a connection between children and nature,but also improve children's ecological literacy.At present,many schools and after-school education institution are carrying out practical activities about nature experience education.Based on combing and analysis of typical cases,analyze the implementation of the natural experience education,this article puts forward the natural experience education in terms of choice of content to the natural,social and cognitive of the self,natural experience education activity form including natural observation,natural game,activities to explore,handmade and gardening experience respectively.Through analyzing natural experience education theory and practice,this paper puts forward the natural experience the problems existing in the education practice,and in view of the problem put forward the following Suggestions:abundant education resources,development of natural experience studies practice patterns such as travel,comprehensive practice activity,strengthen the teacher training,improve the ability of teacher education practice in natural experience,make full use of local natural resources to develop children are localized,structures,natural experience education evaluation system,the government,school,society and the media to create synergy mechanism,such as clear to participate in the orientation and responsibility of the subject.