In search of affordances and visual quality - Interpreting environments of children aged under three in seven Finnish day-care centres
Lindberg, Päivi (2014)
Lindberg, Päivi
THL
2014
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-302-254-6
Tutkimus : 2013_112
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-302-254-6
Tutkimus : 2013_112
Tiivistelmä
This study discusses the role of the visual environment in the overall well-being, learning and development of children under the age of three years. Seven Finnish day-care centres were studied through the concepts of visual quality and affordance. There were many well-designed features in the studied day-care centres. Yet, many of the centres could be defined as dull or boring as only a few environments provided excitement through diverse materials, meaningful display, or variable outdoor spaces. An unexpected result was that long-lasting creative play seemed underrated in the visual environments, although it has been considered as a core element in Finnish ECEC throughout its history. An interesting result was that documentation can reveal a number of affordances, especially concerning the social and associational aspects of the human environment interaction. The study provides new perspectives about the meaning of the visual environment to be reflected upon in day-care centres, especially by discussing the significance of the environment s associational aspects.
Kokoelmat
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