ABSTRACT

This paper reports the findings of a narrative review of international research literature about babies’ and toddlers’ engagement with the outdoor environment whilst attending ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) settings. Based on the in-depth review of 21 papers, it identifies four dominant themes in the literature: the outdoors as a space to be physically active, the outdoors as a risky space, the challenge of creating an appropriate outdoor environment and the significance of the practitioner outdoors. The article argues that there is a need to re-conceive the ways in which the youngest children engage with the outdoors and to move beyond possible narratives of exclusion.

摘要

本文报告了对有关婴幼儿在参加 ECEC（幼儿教育和护理）环境时与户外环境的接触的国际研究文献的叙述性回顾的结果。基于对 21 篇论文的深入审查，它确定了文献中的四个主要主题：户外作为身体活动的空间、户外作为风险空间、创造适当户外环境的挑战以及户外实践者。文章认为，有必要重新构想最小的孩子参与户外活动的方式，并超越可能的排斥叙述。