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Research Section: The Potential Benefits of Outdoor Development for Children with Special Needs
Author(s) -
Farnham Mary,
Mutrie Nanette
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8527.00008
Subject(s) - mainstream , outdoor education , special needs , special educational needs , curriculum , psychology , perception , action research , pedagogy , special section , qualitative research , curriculum development , medical education , special education , sociology , medicine , engineering , political science , social science , engineering physics , neuroscience , psychiatry , law
Outdoor development programmes are used by mainstream and special educational schools as they contribute to a ‘broad and balanced’ curriculum emphasising an action approach towards learning. This research looked at the philosophy behind outdoor development and its potential to facilitate social and integration skills for children with special educational needs. Three common outcomes of outdoor development programmes (group cohesion, tension/anxiety levels and physical self‐perception) were examined with qualitative and quantitative methodology. 19 subjects were involved who volunteered to go to the outdoor centre for four days.