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Before classrooms, textbooks, and professional educators, students acquired knowledge from direct personal experiences (Hammerman, 1978) including those in the out of doors. According to Broda (2007), outdoor education is a type of experiential learning (see also) that uses authentic (real-world) experiences blended with “learning by doing” (see discovery learning).
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Outdoor Science Education. In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_60
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