{"title":"Guest Editor’s INTRODUCTION [Special Issue: Outdoor Play and Learning]","authors":"S. Wyver","doi":"10.17206/APJRECE.2018.12.2.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"It is an interesting time in human history. Being outdoors generally costs nothing and \ncan be extremely pleasurable. Yet outdoor opportunities that were once taken for granted \nare diminishing (Bhosale, Duncan, & Schofield, 2017; Milteer, Ginsburg, & Mulligan, \n2012; Woolley & Griffin, 2015). Rhee (2016) noted that in many Asian regions, preference \nfor more academically oriented activities in early childhood education settings has led to \nboth indoor and outdoor play being sidelined. Outdoors is considered to be riskier and there \nis still a strong image of real learning occurring indoors. While the value of outdoor play \nand learning is often acknowledged, many questions remain regarding pedagogies, research \napproaches, benefits, and even basic definitions. This special issue of Asia-Pacific Journal \nof Research in Early Childhood Education contributes to current debate, empirical findings, \nand recommendations for policy and pedagogy regarding the outdoors.","PeriodicalId":37367,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17206/APJRECE.2018.12.2.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
It is an interesting time in human history. Being outdoors generally costs nothing and
can be extremely pleasurable. Yet outdoor opportunities that were once taken for granted
are diminishing (Bhosale, Duncan, & Schofield, 2017; Milteer, Ginsburg, & Mulligan,
2012; Woolley & Griffin, 2015). Rhee (2016) noted that in many Asian regions, preference
for more academically oriented activities in early childhood education settings has led to
both indoor and outdoor play being sidelined. Outdoors is considered to be riskier and there
is still a strong image of real learning occurring indoors. While the value of outdoor play
and learning is often acknowledged, many questions remain regarding pedagogies, research
approaches, benefits, and even basic definitions. This special issue of Asia-Pacific Journal
of Research in Early Childhood Education contributes to current debate, empirical findings,
and recommendations for policy and pedagogy regarding the outdoors.
期刊介绍:
The journal serves as a vehicle for reporting and sharing the results of studies by early childhood education in the Pacific area. It is peer reviewed to insure that only high quality manuscripts are accepted for publication. The journal is multi-disciplinary and serves educators and other professionals concerned with the education and care of young children. It focuses primarily on research activities in the Pacific Rim area, though research reports from other areas are not excluded. The journal includes research articles related to the education and care of children from birth to age 8 and to related topics. These include reports of empirical research, reviews of research, critiques of research, and articles related to the applications of research to practice.