Papers by Anders Szczepanski
Nordic Studies in Science Education
The study describes how 19 teachers linked to preschool and comprehensive school experience the i... more The study describes how 19 teachers linked to preschool and comprehensive school experience the importance of place for learning and teaching in an outdoor educational context. The methodological approach is phenomenographic. The semi-structured interviews are based on pictorial material intended to illustrate different physical learning environments. Nine categories and four place-related perspectives can be distinguished. The result shows that there is sometimes a didactic uncertainty around places for teaching and learning outside the classroom walls. The availability of different places in the outdoors, a woodland environment and natural materials is seen as meaningful complements in teaching. Town settings, parks and industrial landscapes are to a lesser degree perceived as learning environments. The study shows the experience of teachers using other contexts for learning and teaching than the classroom. Outdoor education is experienced as a place-related toolkit with opportuni...
Skolans Och Forskolans Utemiljoer Kunskap Och Inspiration Till Stod Vid Planering Av Barns Utemiljo, 2014
till stöd vid planering av barns utemiljö, red. Suzanne de Laval.
En bra [uppsats] skall vara som en gädda; en spetsig inledning, ett matnyttigt mittparti och en s... more En bra [uppsats] skall vara som en gädda; en spetsig inledning, ett matnyttigt mittparti och en snärtig avslutning. Astrid Lindgren, 2007
Didaktisk Tidskrift, 2011
... I en studie av Trine Hyllested (2007) ges exempel på hur icke formella lärmiljöer knutna till... more ... I en studie av Trine Hyllested (2007) ges exempel på hur icke formella lärmiljöer knutna till naturskolebesök och andra miljöer utanför ... 1 - 6). Genom samtal under promenader i närmiljö, där barnen fick tillfälle att berätta om sina upplevelser för forska-ren, fångades platskänslan ...
Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on - OzCHI '12, 2012
This paper describes the design process and user evaluation of an outdoor educational mobile augm... more This paper describes the design process and user evaluation of an outdoor educational mobile augmented reality application. The main goal was to enhance and augment the experience of a visit to a culturally significant place, the childhood home of the children's book author Astrid Lindgren. Visiting sites of historical significance is not limited to the cultural experience itself, but can be seen as an opportunity for learning and exploring a place as it is now and as it has been in past times. By investigating the two design dimensions place and time, our application was conceived as a treasure hunt, where users activate content by moving between places and pointing the mobile device in different directions or at different markers. The application was field tested with mixed groups of children and adults. The evaluation indicates that the prototype did encourage both learning and exploring, which also was the design objective.
Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, 2012
This study aimed at examining the effects of an outdoor educational intervention on the mental he... more This study aimed at examining the effects of an outdoor educational intervention on the mental health of schoolchildren. Two elementary schools participated (N = 230); one experimental school where the intervention was implemented, and the other a reference school. Demographic questions and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire were completed by the parents. An outdoor educational intervention was implemented at the experimental school, and the data collection was repeated after one year. The results point towards a small but non-significant improvement in mental health at the experimental school while adjusting for demographics. However, this effect was significantly moderated by gender: boys generally fared better than girls at the intervention school, relative to the reference school. The results indicate that it may be important to address gender issues when educational programmes are implemented in schools.
Skapande vetande, 1997
... Sök i LIBRIS databas Utökad sökning. onr:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:liu-32944". Sökning: ... more ... Sök i LIBRIS databas Utökad sökning. onr:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:liu-32944". Sökning: onr:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:liu-32944" > Utomhuspedagogik. B... 1 av 1; Föregående post; Nästa post; Till träfflistan. Översikt; Detaljer. Utomhuspedagogik. Boklig bildning och sinnlig erfarenhet ...
En bra [uppsats] skall vara som en gädda; en spetsig inledning, ett matnyttigt mittparti och en s... more En bra [uppsats] skall vara som en gädda; en spetsig inledning, ett matnyttigt mittparti och en snärtig avslutning. Astrid Lindgren, 2007
Sundere, klogere og …, 2007
In the article, it is argued that a larger part of the school's teaching should be conducted in a... more In the article, it is argued that a larger part of the school's teaching should be conducted in an outdoor environment. This could increase pupils' motivation. Earlier research on the outdoor environment has shown positive effects on both wellbeing and health. In an intervention study of teachers in the nine-year compulsory school, the teachers in the intervention group used outdoor education under supervision. In interviews after the intervention, it was found that the teachers held fairly clear, if varying, conceptions of the distinctive nature of outdoor education. Measurements of the mood among the teachers in both the intervention group and a reference group showed that their mood had become less positive during the years that had passed between the measurements, although less so among the teachers in the intervention group.
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