LET’S GO CHILDREN! NATURE AND GARDENS ARE WAITING FOR US: OUTDOOR EDUCATION, EXAMPLES FROM SWEDEN

The concept which is about different activities for every age, outdoor education (or authentic learning in land scape, education in nature, learning out of doors ect.) such as bicycling, trekking, walking in nature, canoeing and arts and play activities in nature has been a popular concept in recent years especially in Great Britain, Sweden and Norway. Outdoor education is opposite with indoor education. In fact it is the complementary of indoor education. On a account of outdoor education activities ( as like trekking, canoing, biking, hiking, playing, creative drama in different places – seashore, forest, the edge of the lake or museum ect. ) support indoor education. In this journal I would like to talk about what outdoor education is and, after the introduction, its basic philosophy I will show some videos and photos to illeustrate a suitable educational model from Sweden ( one goverment nursery * Bu çalışma 21. Eğitim Bilimleri Kurultayında sözlü bildiri olarak sunulmuştur. Haydi Çocuklar Doğaya ve Bahçelere Açılıyoruz: Mekan Dışı Eğitim İsveç’ten Örnekler 372 school garden and one open area park ).The main aim of the journal is to show the importance of outdoor education in all educational systems ( from preschool education to the others ).