Outdoor Education in Geography, A Specific Educational Strategy / Hana Svobodová

• Autore: Svobodová Hana
• Pubblicazione: Brno [Czech Republic], : Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství, 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (198 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Human geography; Environmental geography; Applied Geography; School education; Health and medicine and law; Sports Studies; Pedagogy
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENT -- Introduction -- 1 The concept of outdoor education and its relationship with the school curriculum -- 1.1 The term "outdoor education" -- 1.2 Aims of outdoor education in the school curriculum -- 1.3 Anchoring of outdoor education in learning strategies -- 1.4 Integration of outdoor education in the current Czech curriculum -- 1.4.1 Educational system in the Czech Republic -- 1.4.2 Outdoor education in the Czech curriculum -- 1.4.3 Links between outdoor education and key competencies -- 1.4.4 Relation of outdoor education to cross-curricular subjects -- 1.4.5 The benefits of outdoor education to physical activity development -- 1.5 Organisation of outdoor education -- 1.5.1 Phases of outdoor education -- 1.5.2 Outdoor education aids -- 1.5.3 Health and safety conditions of outdoor education -- 2 Changes in Outdoor Education -- 2.1 Origins of outdoor education -- 2.2 Current strategy of outdoor education -- 2.3 Definitions of partial forms of outdoor education in context of Czech education -- 2.3.1 Excursion -- 2.3.2 (Didactic) walk -- 2.3.3 Outdoor exercise -- 2.3.4 (School) trip -- 2.3.5 School in the countryside -- 2.3.6 Course -- 2.3.7 (School) package tour -- 2.3.8 Education on school grounds -- 2.3.9 Inquiry-based forms of outdoor education -- 2.4 Approaches to outdoor education realisation -- 2.4.1 Content aspect -- 2.4.2 Time aspect -- 2.4.3 Localisation aspect -- 2.4.4 Organisational aspect -- 3 Suggestions for outdoor education for elementary schools -- 3.1 Type tasks for geographical outdoor education -- 3.2 The case study - complex task for outdoor education -- 3.2.1 Preparation of a model geographical case study -- 3.2.2 Assignment of model geographical case study -- 3.2.3 Solution and assessment of a model case study -- 4 Research into outdoor education as a powerful educational strategy - methodology. ; 4.1 Research need -- 4.2 The aim of the research -- 4.3 Research design -- 4.3.1 Content analysis of the school educational programmes -- 4.3.2 Structured interviews with teachers -- 4.3.3 Questionnaire survey with pupils -- 4.3.4 Questionnaire survey with parents -- 4.3.5 Triangulation of results -- 4.3.6 Measurement of the pupils' physical activity -- 5 Results of the research -- 5.1 Anchoring of outdoor education in school educational programmes -- 5.2 Outdoor education from the perspective of elementary school teachers -- 5.2.1 Implementation of outdoor education by the teacher and the school -- 5.2.2 Prerequisites and barriers to the advancement of outdoor education -- 5.2.3 Promoting outdoor education -- 5.2.4 Teachers´ assessment of the outdoor education outcomes -- 5.3 Outdoor education from the perspective of pupils -- 5.3.1 Results of a questionnaire survey with pupils of grades 5 and 6 -- 5.3.2 Results of a questionnaire survey with pupils of grades 8 and 9 -- 5.4 Outdoor education from the perspective of parents -- 5.5 Triangulation of results -- 5.5.1 Comparing the SEPs content analysis to the outcomes of interviews with teachers -- 5.5.2 Comparing the teachers', pupils' and parents' views of outdoor education -- 5.6 Benefits of outdoor education for the development of the pupils' physical activity -- 6 Discussion -- Conclusion -- Resume -- Resources -- List of figures -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The publication aims to promote outdoor education as a strong teaching strategy, to describe its links to the school curriculum, and to offer teachers a helping hand in developing the concept of outdoor education. All of this is based on exploring the benefits of outdoor education in teaching and promoting physical activity, which is a natural part of it. The first part of the book analyses how outdoor education is established in the Czech school curriculum, outlining the steps necessary for outdoor education to be implemented, in terms of preparation of both the teachers and pupils. This section also provides recommendations for the development of an outdoor education concept for elementary schools. The second part of the publication is devoted to outdoor education research conducted in cooperation with elementary school teachers, pupils of a model elementary school and their parents, are presented in detail.
• Altri titoli varianti: Outdoor Education in Geography
• Titolo autorizzato: Outdoor Education in Geography: A Specific Educational Strategy
• ISBN: 80-210-9522-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557884503321
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