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- Title
Outdoor Play and Learning: Policy and Practice.
- Authors
BURRISS, KATHLEEN; BURRISS, LARRY
- Abstract
This study describes national school district policy and practice regarding elementary school children's outdoor learning and play. District representatives from 173 randomly selected school districts completed questionnaires describing policy and practice related to recess, outdoor play, outdoor curricular studies, playground materials, ADA accessibility, and administrative support. Quantitative analyses indicate that although the largest proportion of school districts overall reported maintaining the same amount of outdoor activity time, more school districts reported decreasing time spent outdoors than school districts that reported increasing children's time outside. There were no significant differences in variables across the three different-sized school districts. These data are congruent with other findings indicating that decreasing children's outdoor time is a national trend. Data suggest administrators' greater support for outdoor play and learning than previously identified. These findings are discussed as an opening dialogue between administration and teachers to plan for children's quality outdoor experiences.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OUTDOOR recreation for children; SCHOOL recess breaks; PLAYGROUND equipment; ACTIVITY programs in education; SCHOOL board policy; OUTDOOR games; PHYSICAL education for children
- Publication
International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1555-5062
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22230/ijepl.2011v6n8a306