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The ‘outdoor school’ as a school improvement process: empirical results from the perspective of teachers in Germany
Sarah Sahrakhizsubject
Outdoor educationProcess (engineering)Teaching method05 social sciencesPerspective (graphical)050301 educationContext (language use)language.human_languageEducationGermanPedagogyMathematics educationlanguage0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSociologyFaculty developmentLife-span and Life-course Studies0503 education050104 developmental & child psychologyQualitative researchdescription
ABSTRACTThis paper focuses on school improvement processes in the context of weekly curricular-based teaching and learning activities outside the classroom – known as Drausenschule or ‘outdoor school’ – in three German primary schools. Qualitative interviews were conducted with three teachers two years after implementing the ‘outdoor school’. The teachers’ experiences show that the implementation and (ongoing) development of an outdoor school affects (1) teaching as such; (2) the school staff, and (3) the entire school as an organisation. The three areas are interlinked in different ways and the school improvement process cannot be approached from the perspective of any one area alone.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-31 | Education 3-13 |