"The Strawberry Generation… They Are Too Pampered": Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers' Perspectives on Outdoor Education in Singapore

Autor/inn/en	Atencio, Matthew; Tan, Yuen Sze Michelle; Ho, Susanna; Ching, Chew Ting
Titel	"The Strawberry Generation… They Are Too Pampered": Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers' Perspectives on Outdoor Education in Singapore
Quelle	In: European Physical Education Review, 21 (2015) 1, S.31-50 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-336X
DOI	10.1177/1356336X14550939
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Physical Education Teachers; Outdoor Education; Student Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Teaching Skills; Teacher Competencies; Capacity Building; Educational Needs; Values Education; Beliefs; Foreign Countries; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Freiluftunterricht; Fragebogen; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Lehrkunst; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Werterziehung; Belief; Glaube; Ausland; Singapur
Abstract	This paper explores pre-service PE teachers' conceptions of outdoor education (OE) in Singapore. Survey questionnaires were administered to 120 pre-service teachers; 14 teachers participated in follow-up semi-structured interviews. The findings indicate that OE is predominantly situated within the outdoor camp environment. Pre-service teachers regularly envisioned the purpose of OE as to instill a sense of discipline among students and to ameliorate the negative health impacts of an urban and wealthy lifestyle. We propose that the dislocation of OE from local and situated school contexts as well as the instrumental nature of OE pedagogy runs contrary to aims of fostering acquisition of life skills and character development. We concomitantly question how the pre-service teachers' envisioning of OE can convincingly support holistic learning outcomes deemed beneficial to Singaporean youth and society more broadly. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01