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Indoor and Outdoor Play in Preschool Programs

Author(s) -

Julia Kroeker

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

universal journal of educational research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2332-3213

pISSN - 2332-3205

DOI - 10.13189/ujer.2017.050413

Subject(s) - task (project management) , outdoor education , psychology , orientation (vector space) , preschool education , applied psychology , developmental psychology , pedagogy , geometry , mathematics , management , economics

The purpose of this study was to explain children's indoor and outdoor play in preschool programs in terms of teacher interaction, peer interaction and task orientation. Children's indoor and outdoor play behaviors were compared using the Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS). Findings included significant differences on task engagement and self-reliance (within the domain of task orientation), with both measures higher in an indoor play environment than an outdoor environment. Findings revealed no significant differences between the indoor and outdoor environment in terms of teacher engagement and peer engagement.

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