Introducing Outdoor Learning in Science and Mathematics to Elementary School Teachers via Professional Development

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https://doi.org/10.2991/icetep-18.2019.69How to use a DOI?

Keywords

outdoor learning; teacher professional development

Abstract

Integrating outdoor learning into indoor learning experience is excellent way to enrich students learning experiences in science and mathematics. To achieve the objective, professional development (PD) is conducted to 12 elementary school teachers to introduce outdoor learning. Teacher PD program consists of four stages: Workshop, Working in group, Schoolyard activities, Evaluation and Feedback. The effectiveness of PD is evaluated by employing a questionnaire following teacher PD program. The results indicates that (1) in term of lesson plan, teacher knowledge and skills in designing outdoor learning activities into classroom activities are enhancing; and (2) teacher skills in developing lesson plan and student worksheet inserting the outdoor learning activities improve.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Irwan Koto
AU  - Agus Susanta
PY  - 2019/04
DA  - 2019/04
TI  - Introducing Outdoor Learning in Science and Mathematics to Elementary School Teachers via Professional Development
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Sciences and Teacher Profession (ICETeP 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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