A HISTORY EXERCISE IN A PROGRAM OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Abstract

In recent years, more and more schools have discovered the outdoors as a medium for education. Sorne teachers have made use of the lakes, valleys and mountains for specifie aeademic instruction in the realm of science and biology; others have attempted to create a more humanistic experience, using the challenge of the outdoors to build initiative and character. Whatever the aims, most educators would agree that outdoor education is a positive trend. The article that follows focuses particularly on one individu al outdoor exercise that dealt with history.