Regulated school days entail less free-living physical activity (PA) and outdoor stay, which may jeopardize the opportunities for cohesive moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and, by extension, children's health. The role of outdoor stay during school time for pupils' free-living PA vs. physical education (PE) and indoor stay was studied during one academic year in 196 pupils aged 7-1...

The present brief study is based on the issue of planning and practicing outdoor education in primary school. We have enhanced role adults planning, which means projecting preparing space, time resources. Also, we underlined aspect including parents all aspects, starting from phase also to be actively part. In second part article, included research, about learning activities this matter, are go...

BACKGROUND Little is known about how physical activity and various high-risk behaviors of youth are associated, particularly in disadvantaged, minority neighborhoods. PURPOSE We examine whether fear, victimization, and perceived incivilities are associated with physical activity and outdoor recreation among Latino youth and whether involvement in physical activity is associated with delinquen...

OBJECTIVE To review the published survey data on public support for smoke-free outdoor regulations in the USA and Canada (two countries at the forefront of such policies). DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION We searched for English language articles and reports using Medline, Google Scholar and Google for the period to December 2014. We retained population-based surveys of the adult general popu...

We present the SketchMap system, which integrates outdoor and classroom activities to support children’s collaborative learning. Individual children create maps near their school in an outdoor environment using a SketchMap client. The maps are uploaded to the SketchMap web server for sharing among the children, who have created maps of different areas. Children can edit or add new information t...

BACKGROUND Independent mobility describes the freedom of children to travel and play in public spaces without adult supervision. The potential benefits for children are significant such as social interactions with peers, spatial and traffic safety skills and increased physical activity. Yet, the health benefits of independent mobility, particularly on physical activity accumulation, are largely...

When I founded a small democratic school in New York City 12 years ago, was not aware of the term outdoor education, let alone how to offer it middle Manhattan! All wanted place where children were trusted direct their own learning pursuit happiness. We simply provided loving, peaceful space for be and intentionally left brilliant minds bright souls chart our course. share story how, possibly w...

BACKGROUND Independent mobility (IM) and perceptions of the built environment may relate differentially to children's participation in various physical activity contexts. This cross-sectional study investigated whether independent mobility and perceptions of the built environment in boys and girls were related to physical activity in three different contexts (outdoor play, structured exercise/s...