Planning and performing outdoor living space lessons

Narava je prva človekova učiteljica. Slovenci se velikokrat ponašamo, da je naša država zelena oaza sredi Evrope in da ima mnogo naravnih geografskih danosti. Zanimalo nas je, ali se z njimi v naravnem okolju seznanjajo mlajši osnovnošolci, zato smo na vzorcu 84 učiteljev razrednega pouka prekmurskih osnovnih šol izpeljali empirično raziskavo. Preverjali smo, če (in koliko) neposrednih obiskov različnih življenjskih prostorov načrtujejo učitelji v svoji letni delovni pripravi in koliko jih v času pouka z učenci obiščejo. Ugotovili smo, da učitelji svojim učencem (pre)malokrat omogočajo pridobivanje informacij neposredno iz narave.The nature is man\u27s first teacher. Slovenian people are generally proud of their country being a green oasis in the middle of Europe, characterised by many natural and geographical features. As we were interested to see whether younger primary school students had experience with learning about such features in outdoor classes, we completed an empirical research on a sample of 84 primary school class teachers in the Prekmurje region. We investigated if teachers included field trips (and how many) in their lesson plans and how many of those they actually took their students to. We established that teachers (too) rarely allowed their students to gain knowledge and information directly from nature