Idea Post #6: Spring Semester
March 10, 2011
Environment
Quotes:
"Research has identified the physical characteristics of neighborhoods that significantly influence children’s development. These characteristics include: residential instability, housing quality, noise, crowding, toxic exposure, quality of municipal services, retail services, recreational opportunities, including natural settings, street traffic, accessibility of transportation, and the physical quality of both educational and health facilities."
"Direct effects include cognitive, social, emotional, and biological outcomes. Indirect effects include interactions with parents and teachers, which in turn, influence developmental outcomes such as learning and language development."
Annotated Bibliography:
Evans, G.W. (2006). Child development and the physical environment. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 423-451. The source here really goes into the physcology behind the environment a child grows up in. Comprised by the results of various medical studies, the source takes into account location, noise level, and other factors in the living situation of children and talks about the environment they need to grow up in to be successful.
Relation:
Over the past few weeks, I have been looking into the places where children are influenced in their actual lives. The way I have been photographing them has featured the children has the clear subject but also shot in a pulled-back, landscape format to also show off the environment they are living in. The importance of their location is clear in the image as well as the importance of the child's presence and their text. The environment they are in plays a big part in where they receive the direct influence in their lives.
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