Search results for "ambience"
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Ilmapiirillä on väliä oppimisessa
2019
Oppijan turvallisen olon on sanottu olevan kaiken oppimisen edellytys. Tämän vahvistavat myös viimeaikaiset tutkimukset: ilmapiiri vaikuttaa oppimiseen jopa oppijan kykyjä merkittävämmin. Oppimisympäristön ilmapiiriin onkin alettu kiinnittää yhä enemmän huomiota opetus- ja oppimistilanteiden järjestämisessä. nonPeerReviewed
In Defense of Cities : On Negative Presentation of Urban Areas in Environmental Preference Studies
2019
This paper critiques a common research method, image-based studies, in assessing environmental preferences. The method is used, in particular, in the fields of environmental psychology, landscape studies, and health studies, here called empirical environmental preference studies or EEP studies. I argue that the established view in the EEP field that nature is inherently experienced as more aesthetically appealing and restorative than urban environments may be biased because of the image-based method. This paper presents a literature review of EEP studies, discussing them in a framework of environmental and everyday aesthetics. The conclusion is that EEP studies may strip cities of their phy…