The Study on the Impact of Ecotourism Perspective on Outdoor Education Programming in Taipei Elementary School Teachers.

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of ecotourism perspective on outdoor education programming. By holding ecotourism of outdoor education programming and teachers’ demographic variables, this study explored the difference of the impact of ecotourism perspective on outdoor education programming. The method was survey with questionnaires. Data were collected from 6 administrative districts of elementary school teachers in Taipei city. There were 398 effective samples collected, and response rate was 77％. The results of this study were: 1. The teachers’ population descriptive statistical analysis found that the teachers were mostly female between 31 to 40 years, married, bachelor’s degree, served less than 10 year, taught linguistic course and in senior students, from Shihlin district, schools’ scales were mostly from 13 to 48 classes, and had importance degree of ecotourism perception. 2. More than 60% of the teachers thought that “science and life technology“, “integrative activity”, and “society” were suitable for holding outdoor education. Nearly 60% the teachers held outdoor education programming for ecotourism. 3. The teachers rated the impact of ecotourism perspective on outdoor education programming as importance degree. 4. The teachers’ years to be employed, administrative districts, ecotourism perception had a significance on the impact of ecotourism perspective on outdoor education programming. Moreover, the teachers’ gender, age, marital status, education level, years of employment, the grade of students they taught, district, ecotourism perception had significant difference on the impact of ecotourism perspective on outdoor education programming. 5. Teachers holding ecotourism of outdoor education programming had significance on the impact of ecotourism perspective on outdoor education programming. The results suggested planners and ecotourism holders to choose or plan children outdoor education programming.