THE PLACE OF OUTDOOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN THE ROMANIAN CORE PROCUREMENT CURRICULUM

Abstract

The educational systems are in search of teaching learning strategies that can make every day learning more efficient. Outdoor education is one of the modern strategies that was introduced in the daily routines of pupils, leading to behavioral changes and competency acquirements. In the Romanian educational systems, outdoor education can be found in the official educational documents and some teachers have introduced it in their daily routines. Still there are some questions about the theoretical and the practical place that it takes in the learning process. This research, is a brief analysis on the elements that can be found in the scholar curriculum, and belong to the outdoor educational field, at the core procurement level. The results are important because of the impact that is has on the educational practices at the level of the classroom. Teachers interested in this area can observe that the curriculum that is used in the Romanian schools supports outdoor education as a practice at all levels, especially at the core procurement level.