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Dangerous or Safe? Changing Caregiver Perceptions and Engagement with the Sonoran Desert
Description
The Sonoran Desert is a magical place full of beauty and wonder. With an increase each year in the number of new families calling Arizona their home, so also comes an increase in pre-conceived notions of the dangers of the Sonoran Desert. Dangers such as plants, animals, and weather conditions can cause fears in families. Though these fears are valid, understanding different ways to stay safe and engage with nature in the Sonoran Desert is critical to building future generations of adults that value the natural world. Current literature does not address the Sonoran Desert and Arizona as a space to engage in nature play. The current action research study builds on the literature to offer new perspectives on nature play in the Sonoran Desert. A mixed-methods approach was used to assess caregivers' perception of safety, risk, and benefits of nature play in the Sonoran Desert. The intervention utilized the social media platform, Instagram, to administer the intervention content. Results from this study suggest that even though participants were already engaged in nature play, their perceptions of risk, safety, and benefits of nature play in the Sonoran Desert changed positively or were reinforced. The analysis expands the current literature on risk, safety, and benefits of nature play.
Date Created
2023
Contributors
- Bello, John (Author)
- Rotheram-Fuller, Erin (Thesis advisor)
- Zuiker, Steven (Committee member)
- Stone, Sarah (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
275 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.187710
Level of coding
minimal
Cataloging Standards
Note
Partial requirement for: Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2023
Field of study: Leadership and Innovation
System Created
- 2023-06-07 12:11:30
System Modified
- 2023-06-07 12:11:36
- 1 year 5 months ago
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