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Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth

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Information from the course leader

The role of outdoor environments in children and youth's everyday lives is the focus of this course. You learn about strategies to investigate their relationship with place and scrutinize how their needs and aspirations are catered for in practice. This is knowledge that can be used to improve the quality of outdoor settings to benefit their play, learning, social life and wellbeing. The course introduces perspectives, concepts and methods applied in the interdisciplinary study of children and youth's interactions in and with outdoor spaces. Special attention is paid to the benefits of natural environments and the specific role of contact with flora, fauna and other natural elements. In focus for assignments are the particular qualities children and youth seek in outdoor spaces to meet their needs and aspirations, how spaces for play, learning and socialising can be evaluated, and the overall role of planning, design and management for children and youth's access to and use of outdoor spaces.

The course start in autumn 2021 is offered online via digital resources (Zoom and Canvas). The dates are listed below. Note that many of the sessions on link are mandatory. In addition to the online sessions a study visit to campus will be offered.

2021: September 8 - 10, October 28 – 29, November 24 – 26. 2022: January 12 – 13

Course evaluation

The course evaluation is now closed

MP0006-10292 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for MP0006

Academic year 2023/2024

Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth (MP0006-10218)

2023-08-28 - 2024-01-14

Academic year 2022/2023

Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth (MP0006-10015)

2022-08-29 - 2023-01-15

Syllabus and other information

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes The course is offered as a programme course: Outdoor Environments for Health and Well-being - Master's Programme Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 27500 SEK Cycle: Master’s level (A1N)
Subject: Environmental Psychology Landscape Architecture
Course code: MP0006 Application code: SLU-10292 Location: Alnarp Distance course: Yes Language: English Responsible department: Department of People and Society Pace: 50%