Geography Outdoor Education from the Perspective of Czech Teachers, Pupils and Parents

Svobodová, Hana; Mísařová, Darina; Durna, Radek; Hofmann, Eduard

doi:10.1080/00221341.2019.1694055

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“…Indeed, it turns out that not only different groups of students may have different perceptions from each other, but teachers may also perceive selected geographical topics or teaching strategies differently, as demonstrated by the studies of Kidman (2018) and Hemmer and Hemmer (2017), which also focused on teachers' perceptions of geographical topics. Different student and teacher perspectives may also naturally cause barriers in teaching (Hemmer, Hemmer 2017;Svobodová et al 2020).…”

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Attractive geographical themes and topics from the perspective of students (2000−2021): A systematic review

Korvasová

2022

Geografie

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Geographical themes and topics are some of the factors that influence the way geography is perceived by students. Geographical content can be key to geography’s appeal as a discipline and to improving its image to students and society. The aim of this systematic review is to identify geographical themes and topics that are attractive to students as well as the research methods that determined them. The studies were searched for through the Web of Science and Scopus using keywords. After setting the inclusion criteria (years, language, age of students), 12 relevant studies were identified. The results indicated that the topics of physical geography prevailed; natural hazards were mentioned the most because they directly affect humans’ lives. The students also enjoyed human geography topics. The themes and topics that were unpopular required abstract thinking or were not directly related to students’ everyday lives. This review emphasizes the students’ voices in geography education and provides insights regarding curriculum innovations in geography education.

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Attractive geographical themes and topics from the perspective of students (2000−2021): A systematic review

Korvasová

2022

Geografie

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“…It also encompasses various organizational structures for teaching, such as field excursions, exercises, walking tours, and thematic school trips or expeditions, all with a primary emphasis on learning outside of the traditional classroom setting [25,26]. Fieldwork engages students in observing natural and social processes, their distribution, and how they manifest within the landscape within a specific curricular content [42]. Furthermore, field education highlights the development of a wide range of essential skills and underscores the educational potential, mainly when focusing on the students' local surroundings.…”

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Present Climate Change as a Threat to Geoheritage: The Wildfire in Bohemian Switzerland National Park and Its Use in Place-Based Learning

Boháč,

Drápela

2023

Geosciences

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Bohemian Switzerland is a national park in Northern Czechia famous for its sandstone rocks, which were affected by a massive fire in 2022. Specific geomorphology of the region affected the spreading of the fire and complicated its extinguishing. The fire directly or indirectly damaged several geosites in Bohemian Switzerland. The catastrophe brought a possibility of showing the unique connection between geoheritage and present climate change and increasing awareness about the problems. The text is focused on field education of geography, striving to strengthen environmental awareness among students through educating their teachers. The research is based on desk research, field observation and didactic principles application. The causes of the fire were complex, including physical geographical (drought and bark beetle calamity within climate change) and human geographical phenomena (mass tourism and tourist misbehavior, inappropriate forestry practices). The teachers we worked with reached similar conclusions at the end of our course. Our fieldwork educational concept proved viable and was appreciated by them mainly thanks to the incorporation of research-based learning and the absence of unnatural emphasis on climate change. Climate change is a politicized topic, bringing controversies to the classrooms in the peripheral region. The approach we proposed is anchored in inquiry-based methods and touches on the issue indirectly.

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“…(Rea, 2008) revealed that the use of outdoor learning methods could be an alternative to teachers' teaching. Provide it with activities in outdoor education students are expected to improve their knowledge of the natural surroundings, increase a sense of community, and personal and social responsibility, and improve their fitness level (Svobodová, Mísařová, Durna, & Hofmann, 2020). In connection with the presentation of the background and issues on the above and based on the three objectives of education namely cognitive, affective and psychomotor education through outdoor activity researcher is interested in examining the "Influence of outdoor education on personal and social responsibility as well as the level of physical fitness in students.…”

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Outdoor education toward personal & social responsibility and physical fitness level

Rimasa

Nugraha²,

Nasution³

2023

jipes

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The research aims to determine the impact of outdoor education activities on personal & social responsibility and physical fitness. The research method used was a Quasi-Experimental design Non-equivalent Control-Group design. The sample consisted of 40 students, then divided into two groups, the experimental group, and the control group. The instrument used was a questionnaire of Personal & Social Responsibility and a Bleep test. The analysis of the experimental group affects Personal & Social Responsibility and Physical Fitness. The results of analysis and calculation state that the Personal & Social Responsibility and physical fitness level experimental group increased compared to the control group and improving the physical fitness level of the experimental group increased by an average of 1.83 compared with the control group with an average of 0.055. In conclusion, the activity of Outdoor Education has increased the Personal & Social Responsibility and physical fitness of students.

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Geography Outdoor Education from the Perspective of Czech Teachers, Pupils and Parents

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Attractive geographical themes and topics from the perspective of students (2000−2021): A systematic review

Attractive geographical themes and topics from the perspective of students (2000−2021): A systematic review

Present Climate Change as a Threat to Geoheritage: The Wildfire in Bohemian Switzerland National Park and Its Use in Place-Based Learning

Outdoor education toward personal & social responsibility and physical fitness level

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