A Comparative Analysis of Outdoor Education in the Chinese and Canadian Context

This project will examine the prevalence and context of Outdoor Education in China, and compare it to the established field of outdoor education in Canada. In addition, this research will examine the attitudes informing the interaction of Chinese schools with nature, and their natural environment and determining the cross-curricular and cross-cultural connections. Finally, these findings will be used to develop applications for educators in both countries. The scope of my examination of outdoor education is broad, including but not limited to physical education in an outdoor environment, field trips, and science lessons connected to the natural environment, among others. Through these findings, which will then be compared to Canada’s outdoor curriculum, direct applications of this research for Canadian educators likely to work with students from China and otherwise abroad will be drawn.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shijing Xu

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Partner:

Southwest University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

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