Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Environment-student-playing areas interactions in Aydın, Turkey

Author(s):

Bülent Deniz *, Çiğdem Kılıçaslan, Barış Kara, Zöhre Polat, Tendü H. Göktuğ

Recieved Date: 2013-01-10, Accepted Date: 2013-04-23

Abstract:

Students generally spend their time in their nearby environment. This environment consists playing areas in school grounds and playgrounds on their way to school. By considering this hypothesis, the aim of the study is to determine whether school grounds and neighbourhood playgrounds on their accessible routes in three different parts of Aydın which are characterized by different patterns of environmental development meet students’ needs. Observation and questionnaire forms are used to determine the interaction between environment-student-playing areas and the study is conducted in nine schools and thirty-one playgrounds in their proximity. The results indicated that the interactions of students with the near environment, school grounds and neighbourhood playgrounds can partially meet the needs of children, but address different age groups. School grounds are designed for older children, but playgrounds for younger children. In distorted settlements among the studied areas, playgrounds were limited in their usefulness for group games, while schoolyards were suitable for these games. Because of this situation, 81.1% of the 12-15 age group and all of the 16-18 age group preferred schoolyards. The relationship between school and play was relatively ignored for older age groups, while for younger groups this relationship was taken into account at a rate of 87.2% in all the settlements. It was consequently found that schoolyards and playgrounds do not show differences in their quality and in meeting children’s needs for the three settlements studied. Students preferred games related to school. The results show that environmental quality of playing areas should be developed to meet the expectations of different ages of students. 

Keywords:

Schoolyard, playground, accessibility, environment, students, children, expectations, playing areas, interaction, Aydın, Turkey

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2013
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Category: Environment
Pages: 886-895

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