ERIC Number: EJ1449873
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1472-9679
EISSN: EISSN-1754-0402
The Relationship between Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour: Australian Primary School-Aged Children and Nature Experiences
Tessa McHugh; Carla Litchfield; Elissa Pearson; Brianna Le Busque
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v24 n4 p735-752 2024
Children are spending significantly less time outdoors in free play than previous generations, which has implications for children's development. This study explores parental knowledge, attitudes and the time children spend in outdoor free play. Parents or caregivers of children aged between five and nine years old (N = 82) completed an online mixed methods survey. Data collected included knowledge of the benefits of outdoor play, attitudes towards outdoor play and time children spend outdoors. Participant's knowledge varied between 1 and 19 benefits of outdoor free play (mean = 7.54). Participants had a positive attitude towards outdoor recreation, demonstrating a statistically significant positive correlation with time their child spends in outdoor free play on a non-school and school day. Findings contribute to research within the Australian context regarding the influence that parental attitude has on children's engagement with nature, allowing for potential programmes around parental attitudes, to support greater time outdoors.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes, Play, Recreational Activities, Experiential Learning, Parent Influence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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