ERIC Number: EJ1423145
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1472-9679
EISSN: EISSN-1754-0402
Investigating Preservice Teachers' Perspectives on Out-of-School Learning
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v24 n2 p249-269 2024
The purpose of this study is to investigate preservice teachers' (PSTs) perspectives on out-of-school learning (OOSL). A total of 100 PSTs studying at a faculty of education in Turkey voluntarily participated in the main research. The study was conducted as a descriptive qualitative inquiry, with study data generated from two online surveys plus an interview. The findings revealed that the PSTs expressed mostly positive effects of OOSL. The PSTs mentioned additional OOSL environments such as beaches. As stakeholders, a student's family, teachers, the school, official guides, and learners were mentioned as having active roles in the OOSL process. The expectation of an OOSL environment having been professionally designed was perceived the most by the PSTs. Most of the PSTs favored using OOSL during the pandemic period. Based on the study's results, teacher education programs operating outside of the classroom teaching environment can be organized according to the PST perspective.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Preservice Teacher Education, Field Trips
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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