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Outdoor Education in Geography : A Specific Educational Strategy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Svobodová, Hana.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brno : Masaryk University, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
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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.

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