Parental Perceptions to Outdoor Activities

Autor/in	Mart, Mehmet
Titel	Parental Perceptions to Outdoor Activities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Progressive Education, 17 (2021) 4, S.358-372 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mart, Mehmet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-5210
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Preferences; Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Play; Child Safety; Playgrounds; Natural Resources; Outdoor Education; Child Development; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Spiel; Playground; Spielplatz; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Freiluftunterricht; Kindesentwicklung; Türkei
Abstract	The importance of outdoor activities for children should not be overlooked, and teachers and parents as stakeholders have an influential role in providing learning opportunities (Elliott, 2015). Teachers are dependent on parental reciprocity because of potential for harm (Maynard, 2007), and parents can limit activities because of various reasons such as traffic, weather and getting hurt (Cevher-Kalburan, 2014; Yilmaz, 2016). Therefore, identifying parental perceptions of outdoor activities is a significant aspect of supporting children's opportunity to engage in them. In this research, semi-structured interviews were used to collect data, as a way to understand participating parents' views in detail (Fife, 2005). Data collection was carried out by the author and NVivo 12 software programme was used to analyse data from 30 participants. Six main themes emerged from the interview questions in the data analysis, which are presented in this paper. While participating parents overall were positive about promoting outdoor activities both at out-of-school and in schools, their preferences for their children were mostly for indoor activities. Thus, there was conflict between what they claimed for outdoor activities and what they most preferred for their own children. This apparent tension suggests the need for further research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01