Outdoor teaching as process of successful learning natural contents in primary education

Prirodoslovlje kao skup znanosti koje se bave živom i neživom prirodom, njezinim pojavama i zakonitosti neizostavan su dio odgojno-obrazovnog procesa. Prirodoslovni sadržaji u razrednoj se nastavi realiziraju kroz nastavni predmet Priroda i društvo i daju učitelju mogućnost izbora mjesta održavanja nastave, u učionici ili izvan nje. Terenska nastava oblik je izvanučioničke nastave koja se izvodi u neposrednoj stvarnosti kako bi se realizirali oni nastavni sadržaji za koje je potrebno neposredno promatranje. Istraživanje o terenskoj nastavi kao načinu uspješnog učenja prirodoslovnih sadržaja u razrednoj nastavi provedeno je u travnju 2016. godine u dva treća razreda. Cilj istraživanja bio je istražiti koliko uspješno učenici usvajaju prirodoslovne sadržaje u nastavi prirode i društva terenskom nastavom, a koliko tradicionalnom učioničkom nastavom. Rezultati istraživanja potvrdili su pretpostavku da učenici uspješnije usvajaju prirodoslovne nastavne sadržaje terenskom nastavom nego tradicionalnom nastavom u učionici.Natural science as a collection of sciences dealing with animate and inanimate aspects of nature, its phenomena and laws, is an indispensable part of the educational process. Natural contents in primary education are realized through the subject Nature and Society and they give the teacher the opportunity to choose the venue for teaching, in or outside the classroom. Outdoor teaching is a form of outdoor education, which is performed in the immediate reality in order to carry out teaching activities that require direct observation. A research on outdoor teaching as a way of successful learning of natural contents in primary education was conducted in April 2016 in two third grades. The aim of this study was to investigate how successfully students acquire natural contents in nature and science classes through outdoor teaching, as well as through traditional classroom teaching. The results confirmed the hypothesis that students acquire natural contents more successfully through outdoor teaching than through traditional classroom teaching