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The outdoors offers opportunities for open-ended play and discovery that are not
were fully aware that outdoor learning activities such as field trips are strictly
prohibited in Department of Education for such reason that children are at risk
Pupils learn and study only inside the classroom where teacher-learner
process takes place. Field trips and other outdoor activities have been banished
in the curriculum most specifically in grade 1 to 6 level to which pupils are being
lock-up inside the classroom doing the activities collaboratively with peers and
classmates. It found out that children get bored in listening teacher’s discussion
classroom that they struggle much which leads them to poor performance that
student learning and provides them with movement, stimulation and grabs their
attention so they can focus better (Bjorge, Hannah, Rekstad and Pauly, 2017). “If
students are more focused, it is less likely for them to cause disruptive behaviors”
(Bjorge, et. al, p. 4). This positive change in behavior is beneficial for everyone
1. What are the behavioral effect of outdoor learning with regards in achieving
2. How bringing outdoor education into the curriculum will impact behaviors,
elementary classroom?
3. What are the strategies involving outdoor learning activities should be used
by the teacher in the class that is most effective with pupils behavioral
learning?
the freedom to move and delve on a sensational level that may upgrade positive
learning abilities. Using the outdoor environment as a classroom setting can have
impact on children who are not successful in an indoor classroom setting. Many
factors affect pupil’s behavior inside and outside the classroom where teachers
must explore and innovate teaching strategies that catch the attention of the
pupils where they can learn freely and discover new things in nature on their own
concluded field trips and daytime school outings are the best ways to reach all
discussed at the institutional level at that time (p. 3). Fox (1995) wrote: “Through
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outdoor play, it was indicated that children learn best in an environment which
allows them to explore, discover, and play” (p. 2) and that “high participation was
observed during most outdoor activities as students asked more questions and
were more involved with looking for answers about the things we were discussing”
(p. 45).
Some find outdoor education does not outrank results for achieving test scores.
Teachers think they need additional resources out of their budget or means to
conduct an outdoor education program. Others think that weather and location
these kids to the outdoors and their surroundings are just the beginning of
developing an outdoor education program and the first step is to simply start
giving the same lessons normally given indoors taken outdoors. Behavioral effects
inside the classroom. They show different characteristics and attitudes when it
comes to engaging outdoor activities. When the pupils learning only takes place
inside the classroom and the teacher has many things to do in paper works and
called up to have a teachers meeting, the pupils were left in the room, there is a
tendency that pupils will roam around outside the classroom and make noises
that leads in fighting each other. Including outdoor learning activities in the
subject must be observe to test and develop pupil’s talent and ability in the
Methodology
The sample of this action research will consist all 28 pupils in grade six of
Cabuan Elementary School. The learners will choose to participate this study that
There will be a total of 15 girls and 13 boys chosen for this study because of their
behavior inside the classroom being lack of concentration and motivation. The
researcher will ask permission to the School Principal to conduct the survey and
observation. It will also obtain the parent permission to all of the pupils in grade
six to participate. The survey will be given to the parents at the beginning of the
first week of data collection that will last for the second quarter of this current
school year.
The surveys will consist of the same questions as the collective answers will
used to compare any changes that may have happened outside of school in the
duration of the study that may have affected the data collected in school. In order
to answer the research question, data will be collected in multiple ways. Prior to
starting the outdoor learning activities, all students’ parents completed a Time
student interest in and time spent outdoors. In addition to the Survey, all students
additional notes on behaviors each week for the Araling Panlipunan class in grade
by the researcher. Finally, Tally Sheets will be used to collect observational data
This study will use indoor and outdoor classroom observations using Tally
Sheets along with pre- and post-Attitude Assessment Scales and Anecdotal
will also be used to learn about the students’ time spent outdoors outside of
implement in four lesson of four different subject. Some lessons will be conducted
outdoors if weather permits and if the lesson will be conducted indoors it included
Observational behavioral data will be collected before, during and after each
lesson to evaluate to what degree students were exhibiting on or off task behaviors.
Work Plan:
This pre-behavioral observation survey will start on the first week of second
quarter in the month of September this current school year and post-behavioral
observation will be conducted at the end of the month of September. It will only
Cost Estimates:
Action Plan
students’ behavior before, during and after lessons were given as well as their own
References:
Bjorge, Shannon, Hannah, Tracy, Rekstad, Peggy, & Pauly, Tara. (2017).
Fox, J. (n.d.). Back-to-Basics: Play in Early Childhood. Retrieved March 15, 2015,
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID
=240
Grades. Capstone Projects and Theses. California State University, Monterey Bay,