Dalla semplice esposizione alla riconnessione ambientale incarnata
un modello pedagogico per progettare la connessione con la natura, la consapevolezza ecologica e gli atteggiamenti pro-ambientali
Parole chiave:
Riconnessione ambientale incarnata, Cognizione incarnata, Educazione ambientale, Connessione con la natura, Educazione alla sostenibilitàAbstract
Il lavoro mette in discussione l'assunto secondo cui trascorrere del tempo in ambienti naturali generi automaticamente sensibilità ecologica o atteggiamenti pro-ambientali. La ricerca suggerisce che l'esposizione da sola non favorisce necessariamente il senso di connessione con la natura, l'identità ecologica o comportamenti ambientalmente responsabili (Collado & Corraliza, 2015; Hinds & Sparks, 2008; Pirchio et al., 2021). Al contrario, la consapevolezza ecologica emerge attraverso l'interazione tra esperienza corporea, emozione, riflessione, costruzione di significato e mediazione educativa.
Il contributo persegue un duplice obiettivo: definire il costrutto di Riconnessione Ambientale Incarnata e proporre l'omonimo modello (Embodied Environmental Reconnection Model - EERM), sviluppato attraverso una revisione critica dell'Outdoor Education Tree di Priest. Il modello identifica quattro processi cardine - Consapevolezza Corporea, Risonanza Affettiva, Costruzione di Significato e Relazione Ecologica - attraverso i quali le esperienze ambientali possono trasformarsi in connessione ecologica, identità e agency, offrendo un quadro di riferimento per la progettazione educativa orientata alla sostenibilità.
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