Providing outdoor experiences beyond the garden

2019 ◽  
pp. 197-220
Author(s):  
Jan White
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Experiences

scholarly journals The Learning to Learn Competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers: An Outdoor and e/m-Learning Experience in the Museum

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Daniel Abril-López ◽  
Hortensia Morón-Monge ◽  
María del Carmen Morón-Monge ◽  
María Dolores López Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Outdoor Experience ◽  
Outdoor Experiences

This study was developed with Early Childhood Preservice Teachers within the framework of the Teaching and Learning of Social Sciences over three academic years (2017–2018, 2018–2019, and 2019–2020) at the University of Alcalá. The main objective was to improve the learning to learn competence during teacher training from an outdoor experience at the Museum of Guadalajara (Spain), using e/m-learning tools (Blackboard Learn, Google Forms, QR codes, and websites) and the inquiry-based learning approach. To ascertain the level of acquisition of this competence in those teachers who were being trained, their self-perception—before and after—of the outdoor experience was assessed through a system of categories adapted from the European Commission. The results show a certain improvement in this competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers. Additionally, this outdoor experience shows the insufficient educational adaptation of the museum to the early childhood education stage from a social sciences point of view. Finally, we highlight the importance of carrying out outdoor experiences from an inquiry-based education approach. These outdoor experiences should be carried out in places like museums to encourage contextualized and experiential learning of the youngest in formal education.

Early-Life Outdoor Experiences and an Individual's Environmental Attitudes

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN EWERT ◽  
GREG PLACE ◽  
JIM SIBTHORP
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Outdoor Experiences

The Purchase of Equipment in Consumer Production of Outdoor Experiences

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-371
Author(s):  
Erling Røed Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Experiences

Ubi-learning integrates indoor and outdoor experiences

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Rogers ◽  
Sara Price ◽  
Cliff Randell ◽  
Danae Stanton Fraser ◽  
Mark Weal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Experiences ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

Educating for Ecological Literacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Ecological Literacy ◽  
Ecological Identity ◽  
General Science ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Outdoor Experiences ◽  
Ecological Thinking

Based on the life experiences of six prominent environmental voices – Fritjof Capra, David Quammen, Brian McLaren, Douglas Wood, Sylvia Earle, and Louise Chawla – I recommend changes in curriculum content for general science courses, specifically biology courses, to increase the ecological identity of our next generation. Experiences that allowed these individuals to develop an emotional connection to the natural world were an important component of their ecological identity. Coupling outdoor experiences with the development of systemic and ecological thinking skills was also crucial. Changing the science curriculum to reflect more holistic and systemic thinking by integrating with humanities and reflective practices is a necessary step to create a population with a highly developed ecological identity.

scholarly journals Enabling Wilderness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Matt McKone
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Outdoor Activity ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Personal Connections ◽  
The Many ◽  
Outdoor Experiences ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Internationally known for its picturesque landscapes, New Zealand encourages both locals and tourists to experience them first hand by walking one of the many tracks around the country, an activity locally known as tramping. The Department of Conservation has identified a small number of these tracks as showcasing particularly picturesque areas; naming them the ‘Great Walks’ of New Zealand. These allow fit individuals to traverse unique landscapes over multiple days, staying over night in rustic huts. The relationship between healthy wellbeing and outdoor experiences is well documented; however, not every fit individual is physically able to experience some of New Zealand’s most significant landscapes due to the difficulty of access.  This thesis combines elements of landscape architecture with the existing practises of construction in a conservation area to propose a new ‘Great Walk’ for New Zealand that would allow athletes with a physical impairment to experience New Zealand’s unique landscapes. In doing so, it will provide the opportunity for physically impaired people to continue tramping, or discover a new outdoor activity that not only improves their physical and mental wellbeing; but also allows them to establish personal connections to the land they are from or visiting. Physically pulling/pushing and manoeuvring through ‘backcountry’ landscapes, this research-led-design encourages the physically impaired community to engage with difficult terrains in a multi-sensorial manner.</p>

scholarly journals FOREST RECREATION MOVES AHEAD IN ONTARIO

1962 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-125
Author(s):  
A. B. Wheatley
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Timber Production ◽  
Multiple Use ◽  
The Public ◽  
Land Use Plan ◽  
Outdoor Experiences ◽  
Recreational Use

1. The public right to use and enjoy its forest- and lakeland must be protected.2. Specially developed areas to provide for wild-land recreational use is necessary to enable people to participate in outdoor experiences. An expanding provincial parks system is fundamental to this.3. Multiple-use of public lands, including parks, is fundamental to a full land use concept. A waste of a resource is contrary to the public interest.4. There should always be a practice of reserving public lands for park purposes, incorporating the multiple-use concept, in order to avoid a possible development that is not compatible with the main potentials of the land.5. The recreational resource in forest areas is very real and must be part of a land use plan in which timber production and recreation, being renewable resources, should be reconciled and each developed to provide the maximum public value.

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