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50 Years of ERIC
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A Comparison of Childrens' Statements about Social Relations and Teaching in the Classroom and in the Outdoor Environment
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Mygind, Erik – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2009
Two teachers from a school in Copenhagen were allowed to move their third grade teaching into a forest every Thursday for three years. Thus 20% of the class's regular teaching took place in an outdoor environment. The purpose of the present study was to ask the children how they experienced lessons in the classroom and the forest settings.…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Grade 3, Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education
A Comparison between Children's Physical Activity Levels at School and Learning in an Outdoor Environment
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Mygind, Erik – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2007
Physical activity levels were measured with an accelerometer in a case study including 19 children, from nine to ten years of age, in a Danish primary school. The teachers conducted their teaching in a forest every Thursday from 2000 to 2003. The purpose of this study was to measure the students' activity levels during outdoor learning days in the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Health