Vytautas Magnus University Research Management System (VDU CRIS)
Use this url to cite project: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/155610

Outdoor-oriented Practices in Early Childhood Education Project

Project Title
Outdoor-oriented Practices in Early Childhood Education Project
Internal ID
2018-1-TR01-KA203-058784
Principal Investigator
Affiliation
Research Area
Socialiniai mokslai / Social sciences (S)
Affiliation(s) Hierarchy
OA Mandate
Taip / Yes
OA Policy URL
Project Link(s)
Start Date
2018-12-01
End Date
2021-05-31
Status
Baigtas / Completed
Economic Subject
Ne / No
Scope
Tarptautinis / International
Contribution
Partneris / Partner
Legacy ID
pj00354
MTEP
Ne / No

The OPIECE project's main objectives are:

  • to design a child-friendly educational street;
  • to raise awareness of in-service and pre-service pre-school teachers by informing them about the importance of outdoor activities and providing implications for their implementations;
  • to raise awareness of other stakeholders by disseminating project results, for example, at a multiplier event or with booklets;
  • to enhance children's socio-emotional and psycho-motor development, and cultural awareness by providing them a real-life like environment as an educational context;
  • to design appropriate pedagogical activities for children to take part and for teachers to get an opportunity to apply for outdoor-oriented education.

To achieve these objectives, following project outputs are aimed:

O1-Educational Design of the Street

O2-3D Street Modeling

O3-Compiling an E-Book for Outdoor Practices

O4-Online Training Modules

O5-Designing an Outdoor Practice Course for Teacher Education Programs

With these, it is aimed to have pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers, parents, school principals, municipalities, researchers, and curriculum designers as participants of the project. The project activities will enable the target group participants be aware of the importance and ways of implementing outdoor activities for children. The location of the project (Hendek province) hosts 10669 children between the ages of 0-8. Also, 171 parents and 7 in-service teachers will receive detailed information about the outdoor practices and will be urged to implement these and keep reflection journals of the implementations. The pre- and post-tests will reveal to what extent the project results will have been effective.