How important are outdoor activities in teaching pratice? a research with portuguese teachers

• Autor(a) principal: Rato, Valter
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Almeida, António
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10460
• topic: Outdoor activities; Teaching practice; 2nd cycle of primary education; Actividades al aire libre; Práctica docente; Educación primaria

This study tries to understand the importance of outdoor activities in teaching practice in the 2nd Cycle of Schooling in Portugal. For that, 110 teachers from two disciplinary groups, Maths and Science versus Mother Tongue and History and Geography, were inquired through a questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to 20 schools randomly chosen in Lisbon and 55 teachers of each disciplinary group answered it. The teachers of both groups answered in a very similar way. They stated doing these activities once or twice a year, being satisfied with this frequency. In the advantages, more than half highlighted the improvement in learning and the majority the importance of the contact behaviour. The obstacles partially repeated the disadvantages, and the costs were the main aspect mentioned by the teachers. When highlighting a successful visit, more than half of the teachers of both groups mentioned the features of certain places and in describing an unsuccessful visit the bad behavior of the pupils. The results can give a contribution to a better discussion of the issue in teacher training courses, especially to overcome the negative aspects revealed.