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Exploring the involvement of Italian primary and secondary school teachers in related outdoor education and scouting activities: findings from a survey

Exploring the involvement of Italian primary and secondary school teachers in related outdoor... This study investigated the involvement of Italian preschool and primary school teachers in outdoor education and scouting activities and their association with student cooperation and personal care. While outdoor education has various psychophysiological, psychosocial, social, and pedagogical benefits, some teachers express concerns about their readiness to implement such activities. We hypothesized that preschool teachers are more willing to participate in outdoor education and scouting than primary school teachers. We also hypothesized that outdoor education teachers would score higher in all survey items compared to regular teachers (see Table 2). The results indicated no significant difference between preschool and primary school teachers. However, there were differences in the survey items between outdoor education and regular teachers, except for item 11. The study suggests that providing appropriate instruction and teaching tools to teachers, their students’ schooling experiences and skills are likely to improve. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning Taylor & Francis

Exploring the involvement of Italian primary and secondary school teachers in related outdoor education and scouting activities: findings from a survey

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2023 Institute for Outdoor Learning
ISSN
1754-0402
eISSN
1472-9679
DOI
10.1080/14729679.2023.2211279
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Abstract

This study investigated the involvement of Italian preschool and primary school teachers in outdoor education and scouting activities and their association with student cooperation and personal care. While outdoor education has various psychophysiological, psychosocial, social, and pedagogical benefits, some teachers express concerns about their readiness to implement such activities. We hypothesized that preschool teachers are more willing to participate in outdoor education and scouting than primary school teachers. We also hypothesized that outdoor education teachers would score higher in all survey items compared to regular teachers (see Table 2). The results indicated no significant difference between preschool and primary school teachers. However, there were differences in the survey items between outdoor education and regular teachers, except for item 11. The study suggests that providing appropriate instruction and teaching tools to teachers, their students’ schooling experiences and skills are likely to improve.

Journal

Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor LearningTaylor & Francis

Published: May 12, 2023

Keywords: Questionnaire; teaching methodology; teaching style; outdoor learning; exploratory factor analysis

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