ERIC Number: EJ1253227
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4279
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Swings and Roundabouts? Pupils' Experiences of Social and Academic Well-Being in Education outside the Classroom
Education 3-13, v48 n4 p413-428 2020
We investigated how pupils experience education outside the classroom (EOtC) as it relates to their social and academic well-being. A Danish 6th grade class were taught twice a week for nine months using EOtC. We sampled five academically low- and five high-achieving pupils from the class and conducted qualitative observations and interviews with those pupils. We found that EOtC can positively influence pupils' social well-being regardless of academic level; however, the learning environment and required autonomy in EOtC may distract low-achieving pupils, particularly boys. Pupils' academic level in the classroom was related to their academic well-being in EOtC and EOtC might strengthen academic exclusion. Therefore, we conclude that EOtC may not have an unambiguously positive influence on pupils' social and academic well-being.
Descriptors: Student Experience, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Personal Autonomy, Gender Differences, Program Effectiveness, Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Sense of Community, Physical Activity Level, Competition, Group Activities, Play, Student Welfare, Field Trips, Low Achievement, High Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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