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Tal, Tali; Lavie Alon, Nirit; Morag, Orly – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
In light of the literature that deals with challenges of outdoor education, this paper presents exemplary practices in field trips to natural environments. We offer an analysis of 62 field trips of students in grades 4-8 (age 10-14), guided by professional guides or by teachers. In aiming at elucidating the qualities of exemplary fieldtrips, we…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Field Trips, Parks, Outdoor Education
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Tal, Tali; Morag, Orly – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
In this case-study, we present a longitudinal study of one elementary (grades 1-6) school's environmental education (EE) in order to understand the ways in which the school culture supports outdoor EE as a critical component of their science education program. The school, which was known for its school-based EE curriculum that encompasses an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary Schools, Environmental Education
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Morag, Orly; Tal, Tali – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
The development and application of a framework that captures main characteristics of learning in nature--the Field Trip in Natural Environments (FiNE) framework--is the main outcome of this study that followed up 22 daily field trips of 4-6th grade students to nature parks. The theoretical and practical framework, which was developed based on the…
Descriptors: Literature, Field Trips, Researchers, Grade 6
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Morag, Orly; Tal, Tali; Rotem-Keren, Tammy – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
In this study on long-term educational programs (LTP) in nature, facilitated by an environmental agency we followed two distinct programs enacted in schools and in nature parks as case studies. Data were collected through observations of activities in schools and in the outdoors and through interviews with students, teachers and facilitators. In…
Descriptors: Parks, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Field Trips
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Tal, Tali; Morag, Orly – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This article describes a 3-year study of school visits to four natural history museums and addresses the research agenda with regard to out-of-school learning. More specifically, the findings focus on the "process of learning" in museums. Comprehensive data collection allowed for an analysis of patterns of guided visits, the way the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Thinking Skills, Museums, Field Trips
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Tal, Revital; Bamberger, Yael; Morag, Orly – Science Education, 2005
Museums are favorite and respected resources for learning worldwide. In Israel, there are two relatively large science centers and a number of small natural history museums that are visited by thousands of students. Unlike other countries, studying museum visits in Israel only emerges in the last few years. The study focused on the roles and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes, Field Trips