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'Perhaps a Bit Different to What We Did Twenty Years Ago': Senior Teachers' Perceptions of Outdoor Adventure within Primary Education in England

Sports (Basel), 2019-04, Vol.7 (4), p.92 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2019 by the authors. 2019 ;ISSN: 2075-4663 ;EISSN: 2075-4663 ;DOI: 10.3390/sports7040092 ;PMID: 31010210

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  • Title:
    'Perhaps a Bit Different to What We Did Twenty Years Ago': Senior Teachers' Perceptions of Outdoor Adventure within Primary Education in England
  • Author: Webber, Chris ; Hardwell, Ashley
  • Subjects: Adventure ; Curricula ; Learning ; national curriculum ; Outdoor education ; Physical education ; Schools
  • Is Part Of: Sports (Basel), 2019-04, Vol.7 (4), p.92
  • Description: Outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA) are now a compulsory component of the primary education curriculum in England, with senior leadership teams exerting significant influence on its delivery in schools. This study considers senior teachers' perceptions and value of the OAA strand of the Physical Education (PE) National Curriculum (NC) in primary education. Six senior teachers from across a large northern city took part in semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed using an interpretivist paradigm incorporating a multistage thematic coding process. Findings centred on the lack of guidance given by the NC within OAA and ensuing issues for experienced and less confident teachers of the subject. Different interpretations of OAA were prevalent from traditional skills-based activities to personal and social development through basic activities delivered outside the classroom. Finally, all senior staff highly regarded OAA and offered a strong rationale for its inclusion within curriculum time. The full potential of OAA as a cross-curricular approach to learning in primary education is not being realised and can be partially mitigated by more purposeful integration within teacher education programmes.
  • Publisher: Switzerland: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2075-4663
    EISSN: 2075-4663
    DOI: 10.3390/sports7040092
    PMID: 31010210
  • Source: PubMed Central
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