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- W40913124 abstract "Although I teach in a small rural school, my students do not seem to have a strong connection to the land. This project focused on building an Outdoor Classroom and using it to compare traditional classroom learning to that in an outdoor/experiential setting. My hope was to improve comprehension of outdoor education and create better attitudes towards the environment. I compared traditional (teacher centered) classroom lessons to similar lessons in the Outdoor Classroom, which were by nature, more hands on. My junior high student’s comprehension was assessed with pre and posttests, student surveys, journal writing and work samples in both the traditional and Outdoor Classroom lessons. Student attitudes towards the environment were assessed by specific questions on the assessments, student surveys with short answer sections and their journal and reflective writing. The writing in my journal also assessed my teaching and attitude. The results of using the Outdoor Classroom were very positive. Although I didn’t see as much of an increase in comprehension as I had hoped for, I still saw a six percent increase in Outdoor Classroom lessons compared to traditional lessons. My students felt good about improving the environment through work in the Outdoor Classroom. I believe that educating students about our environment truly helps change attitudes. The Outdoor Classroom also had a positive effect on my teaching, attitude towards students and learning as evidenced by entries in my journal. Overall, I feel that the learning that took place in the Outdoor Classroom had a very positive impact on my students and myself. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND For the past four years, I have been teaching seventh and eighth grade science (along with math and electives) at Seeley Lake Elementary School in Seeley Lake, Montana. We are a Title One school where 52% of the students qualify for a free and reduced lunch rate. I have 39 students in the junior high with about 40% female and 60% male students. My students are predominately Caucasian and most come from working class families involved in the timber or agriculture industry. Although I teach in a small school in a small rural community, I am concerned that my students do not have a connection to the land and a concern for protecting it. Four years ago, I took my junior high students to look at a one year old forest fire burn in our area. While our guest speaker was talking about species that were returning to the fire scarred area, I watched one of my students crush a lodge pole pine seedling with his heel. He came from a family of outdoors people who I assumed would have a great respect for the environment. It was then, that I realized that our students needed to know more about our environment in order to care for and protect it. The last two years I have been working on grants and restoration work, along with my students, building an outdoor classroom. Therefore, my research will focus on building an outdoor classroom and using it to compare traditional classroom learning to that in an outdoor/experiential setting. By sharing and teaching students about their environment, I hope they will develop a connection to it, a sense of ownership and a level of concern to become good stewards of the land. While creating the Morrell Creek Riparian Classroom with my" @default.
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- W40913124 title "Morrell Creek riparian classroom : introducing students to outdoor education through the creation, use and maintenance of an outdoor classroom" @default.
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