Outdoor Education in Secondary Schools: What Future?.

Harris, Ian

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ERIC Number: EJ584556

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Outdoor Education in Secondary Schools: What Future?

Harris, Ian

Horizons, n4 p5-8 1999

A survey of all secondary schools in a southern English county found that 4.6% offered outdoor education courses, 15% had discontinued such courses in the last 5 years, 46% included outdoor/adventure activities in physical-education curricula, and 88% ran short residential trips temporarily replacing the school curriculum. Discusses obstacles and opportunities for outdoor education. (TD)

Descriptors: Adventure Education, British National Curriculum, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Education, Physical Education, Retrenchment, School Surveys, Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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