An Exploration and Evaluation into the Current Provision for Outdoor Education in the Curriculum of an Exemplar Secondary School

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Price, Jamie
Date
2014Type
Thesis
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Studies show that there has been a vast amount of research completed upon the
topic of outdoor learning that highlight the benefits that outdoor programmes have
upon children. The National Curriculum for Wales (NCW) (2008) stated that children
should be given the opportunity to develop a range of skills through outdoor
activities, problem solving or initiative challenges, however it was found that there
was lack of literature upon outdoor programmes within the curriculum of secondary
schools in Wales.
The aim of the current study was to explore and evaluate the current provision
for outdoor education (OE) within an exemplar secondary school, identifying how
both pupils and module leader perceived the module was applied within the school
setting. With the objectives of identifying how OE affects pupil’s personal and social
development, the integration of OE, and whether strategies or initiatives assisted the
integration of OE, interviews were conducted with the OE module leader and Duke of
Edinburgh leader, while 3 focus groups were conducted, with 5 key stage 3 (KS3)
pupils in each group. The results of this study indicated that OE had a positive effect
upon the personal and social development of the pupils participating, while
identifying that although challenges occurred with regards to space, time and money,
strategies/initiatives were in place to overcome the barriers with the support of PTA
funding and the local authority (LA).
However, it must be stated that the findings suggest that in order to logically
develop the research it would be beneficial to oversee a series of lessons, and/or
residential experiences in order to gain in-depth understanding upon the
opportunities prepared by the department for the pupils to experience.
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)
SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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