The Elementary School Teachers Assess the Contribution of Recreational Farms to the Outdoor Education in Taiwan Elementary Schools Author: Ching Li(Graduate Institute of Sport and Leisure Management N.T.N.U.)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 46, No. 1
Date：April 2001
Pages：93-110
DOI：10.3966/2073753X2001044601005

Abstract：

The purpose of this study is to assess the contributions of recreational farms to outdoor education programs in Taiwan elementary schools. The researcher investigated how to apply the resource in Taiwan recreational farms to achieve the goals of outdoor education, provide safe environment for outdoor education, and assist elementary teachers to plan the better quality of outdoor educational curriculums. The researcher surveyed elementary teachers who took place outdoor educational programs in Taiwan recreational farms during 1999. The results from this study show that the outdoor education programs in Taiwan recreational farms can achieve the goals of outdoor education in the cognitive, affective and social objectives. The scores of the recreational farms providing safe environment for outdoor education are high; therefore, the researcher implies that the recreational farms can provide a safe environment for outdoor education. In addition, the results also shows that teachers were more willing to choose the recreational farms to held outdoor educational programs, if the recreational farms can provide assistance to elementary teachers when they plan outdoor educational curriculums.

Keywords：Recreational Farm,Outdoor Education,Resource Multiple Uses,Curriculums Design

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