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Environmental educational potentials on school grounds in Budapest
23-30Views:166As nature and greenspaces in urban areas are agreed to enhance children’s appreciation towards nature
and so the purposes of environmental education, it is of high importance to create spaces in and around
schools that allow students to connect to nature on a daily basis. The aim of the study was to analyse
functions and other components supporting environmental education appear in the open spaces of
school grounds in Budapest, and to understand the main characteristics of school grounds with the
highest potential in environmental education. The study points out that the presence of environmental
educational functions often depends on the size, urban context and location of the school grounds,
however the curriculum of the school does not necessarily influence its open spaces, while the presence
of motivated and engaged teachers does. The study reveals environmental educational functions do
exist in school grounds of primary schools in Budapest, however they play only secondary role behind
active movement and play functions. The schools with the best potentials in environmental education
are without doubt the ones situated on large plots in the suburban zone, mostly with a high proportion
of green spaces in and around the school grounds.