The following research describes the effects an environmental
education programme had on pupils
with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability. The
programme took place through outdoor
activities in two Primary Schools. The research focuses
on stances and opinions of 10 pupils,
diagnosed with mild to moderate intellectual
disability, towards Environmental Education and
prognoses barriers that may occur in the learning
process. Using descriptive statistical analysis to
compare the two groups of pupils, this research
suggests the further practice of Outdoor
Environmental Education in Special Education. The data
were collected using semi-structured
interviews. The main conclusions of the research were
that students who participated in their school’s
environmental educational program seem to be more
familiarized with a range of concepts related to
the environment and possess skills linked directly to
Environmental Education in relation to their peers
that did not engage in the project. Pupils who
participated in the “School Garden”, unlike their peers,
perceived outdoor activities of their school as part of
the learning process, in formal education. This
study proposes further research to take place in the
area of Outdoor Environmental Education as a
tool for inclusion.
Author(s) Details
Alexandros Stavrianos
Faculty of Social Care & Education, Anglia Ruskin University,
Cambridge, England.
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