Abstract We've investigated the effects of outdoor education, specifically how it impacts students' learning and attitudes, along with didactic choices worth considering from the teachers' perspective. There are two main reasons behind our choice of research topics. Firstly, according to PISA results, Swedish science knowledge has been trending downwards since the early 2000s. Simultaneously, engagement and motivation among students have been following a similar trend. Secondly, generational environmental amnesia, as described by Kahn (2017), has been diminishing people's connection with nature, slowly altering individuals' views of nature and its importance. We intend to draw a conclusion regarding how increased use of outdoor education improves students' learning and leads to a more engaging and motivating science education. Can an increased use of outdoor education counteract environmental generational amnesia? We've compiled information from trustworthy and mostly peer-reviewed sources to build this knowledge review. Our sources serve as the foundation of knowledge for our conclusions. However, we found a gap in research regarding the challenges outdoor education faces. While much research has been done on how and why it's a valuable pedagogy, not much has been said about barriers limiting outdoor education and how to counteract them. Our key message is that outdoor education is a valuable pedagogy for students as well as teachers. It leads to increased learning, higher motivation, more engagement, and is a way to develop nature literacy, counteracting the furtherance of environmental generational amnesia.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-66070 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Tegstam, Victor, Palm, Theodor |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, matematik och samhälle (NMS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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