Search results for "Outdoor Education"

Alien at home: Adjustment strategies of students returning from a six-months over-sea's educational programme

2015

Abstract This paper assesses German students’ adjustment strategies after a six months expeditionary learning programme on high seas with intercultural encounters in Cuba and Costa Rica. A postal survey (N = 128, global response quote rg = .44) has been conducted with students having returned from four separate learning expeditions from 2008 to 2012. The students reports were coded in five categories, i.e. (1) reintegration narratives (RN), (2) perception of schooling (PoS), (3) self-perception (SP), (4) perceived programme effects (PPE), and (5) social context (SC), which were also quantified on a 5-point Likert-scale. By means of principal components analyses (PCA) and polynominal interpo…

International Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Geography Fieldwork for Learning

2006

This paper seeks to address assumptions on the effectiveness of fieldwork as a mode of learning in geography. This is approached from an international perspective, both in review of available evidence, which demonstrates a need for rigorous research into the issue, and in providing preliminary findings of research into the value of fieldwork from universities across three continents. Common themes to emerge concern the effectiveness of fieldwork in terms of learning and understanding of the subject: providing first-hand experience of the real world, whichever part of the world the students are in; skills development (transferable and technical); and social benefits. The extent to which fiel…

Leirikoulu lasten silmin : lasten kokemuksia leirikoulusta Norjassa

1997

Leirikoulu pedagogisena vaihtoehtona : suomalaisten oppilaiden ja opettajien näkemyksiä yhteispohjoismaisesta leirikoulusta syksyllä 1996

1997

Building natural science learning through youth science camps

2018

This study focuses on a youth science camp for pupils in sixth to ninth grades that is organized annually by the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The main idea of the science camp is to learn to do guided inquiry in nature. The study investigates the significance of science camp for encouraging young participants to learn science and how the camp supports their learning. The research method used was a survey. Altogether, 47 youth participated in the camp in 2012 and 2013. The results show that the participants wanted to learn more about science than secondary school could offer, and science camp had a positive impact on their interest in science. It was possible to introduce important conc…

Vecākā pirmsskolas vecumposma bērnu izziņas intereses sekmēšanas iespējas brīvdabas pedagoģijā

2021

Darba nosaukums: Vecākā pirmsskolas vecumposma bērnu izziņas intereses sekmēšanas iespējas brīvdabas pedagoģijā. Darba autors: Oļesja Ščeglova Darba vadītājs: Tija Zīriņa Darba mērķis ir izzināt izziņas intereses sekmēšanas iespējas brīvdabas pedagoģijā vecākajā pirmsskolas vecumā. Darba mērķa sasniegšanai vecākā pirmsskolas vecmposma bērniem tika radīta atklājumiem atbilstoša brīvdabas vide, ar iespēju pašvadīti veikt praktisko darbu un eksperimentēt. Darba autore izvirzīja hipotēzi, ka vecākā pirmsskolas vecumposma bērnu izziņas intereses sekmēšana brīvdabas pedagoģijā būs sekmīga, ja skolotājs rada situāciju un pielāgo vidi, kurā bērnam rodas dabiska interese un vajadzība apgūt zināšanas…

Immediacy and distance in teacher talk—A comparative case study in German elementary- and outdoor school-teaching

2017

This case study examines authentic speech acts by a German primary school teacher in the classroom context and the outdoor learning location of a forest. The study will compare the degree of linguistic immediacy or distance in these two contexts, respectively. Once a week, the class is doing “outdoor school” [Draußenschule] in places of natural or cultural interest near to their school. The structural change in the teaching environment means a change in the communication setting. The question arises if the teacher speaks to the students differently indoors than outdoors. The theoretical reference framework for the study is provided by the linguistic model “language of immediacy and language…

School gardens as a resource to be exploited for learning Botany in primary and kindergarten school

2022