Braňo Kaleta

Braňo Kaleta

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PhD Scholar and Research Assistant

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Awe as a Guide in Education

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Stargazing, looking at a beautiful view from the top of a mountain, or listening to your favourite song. All of these experiences have at least one emotion in common: awe. It is a transformative emotion, which challenges our current assumptions about what we know, and shows us just how much we don’t know, making it perfect for the classroom…

Rooted in Wisdom: How Nature-Based Education Nurtures Our Future Minds

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Nature-based education goes by many names, but any classroom activity in nature counts. From sitting down and reading Shakespeare in the school garden to lifting logs and counting the different types of bugs you can find, engaging students in nature as part of the curriculum provides them countless physical, psychological, and academic benefits…

A look back at Nature-based interventions: a systematic review of reviews

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Nature-based interventions is a broad term. It encompasses everything from a walk in a forest to volunteering to rescue seals in the ocean. In research literature, you would also find research under “eco therapy” or “nature-assisted therapy”, and many others. In our review of reviews, the first question was: What do researchers usually mean when they study nature-based interventions? Our second question was: In these nature-based interventions, what matters? Given the example of walking through a forest, does it matter that you walk with a friend? What if it’s not the forest but just the fact that you’re walking and doing some physical activity? What if nature-based interventions only work for people who already feel a closeness to nature?…

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