Outdoor Education in Geography : : A Specific Educational Strategy.

• Author: Svobodová, Hana.
• Place / Publishing House: Brno : : Masaryk University,, 2019.; {copy}2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (202 pages)

Table of Contents

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.