research in education research proposal

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What is the focus of my study? How will it apply to my future employability?
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The key focus of the study is to critically evaluate if outdoor learning is
beneficial for the primary aged learners.
Outdoor learning is a broad phenomenon which is useful in discovering, learning and experimenting
about the specific natural world by engaging within adventurous and environmental activities. The
key benefits of the outdoor learning is that, it is useful in creating self awareness and also developing
collaborative work. This study will develop critical understanding on how outdoor learning is
beneficial for the primary aged learners.
To examine the key concepts associated with the outdoor learning and should it be incorporated
within the national curriculum to benefit primary aged learners.
Agusta, (2018, December) stated that, outdoor learning is a wide phenomenon which helps
in discovering, learning and experimenting about the specific natural world by engaging within
adventurous and environmental activities. Such education tends to take place outside the classroom.
Outdoor learning mainly comprises of climbing, nature hiking, canoeing, group games, rope courses,
beach volleyball, gardening, texture scavenger hunt, sailing, cycling, running, camping and various
other activities. This is considered to be as an experimental learning which tends to take place outside
the premises. It mainly comprises of the biological field trips and also helps in creating expedition
into the wilderness. Asrial and et.al., (2019) examined the fact that, the key significant concept
associated with the primary learning mainly helps in social and personal development and helps the
primary age learner to effectively develop high degree of deeper set of relationship with the nature. It
is significant in enhancing the social and personal development and it helps in attaining better learning
and teaching experience within the national curriculum to benefit primary aged learners. Learning is
not mainly associated with the educational indoor learning. Outdoor learning is useful because it helps
in providing memorable learning experience which tends to make sense about the world and helps in
putting learning within a meaningful context.
Research aim
“To critically evaluate if outdoor learning is beneficial for the primary aged learners.”
Research objectives
 To examine the key concepts associated with the outdoor learning and should it be
incorporated within the national curriculum to benefit primary aged learners.
 To critically examine if outdoor learning is beneficial for the primary aged learners.
 To evaluate the key challenges which has been faced while imparting outdoor
learning to the primary aged learners.
 To provide effective recommendations to improve the outdoor learning experience for
primary aged learners.
Research questions
 What are the key concepts associated with the outdoor learning and should it be incorporated
within the national curriculum to benefit primary aged learners?

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 What are the benefits related with the outside learning among primary aged learners?
 What are the key challenges which has been faced while imparting outdoor learning to
the primary aged learners?
 What are effective recommendations to improve the outdoor learning experience for
primary aged learners?
Why have I chosen it?
The research worker has selected this topic because it has a wide subject matter and is useful in
examining the key benefits of the outdoor learning for the primary aged learners. This research
project is also chosen because of the personal and academic interest and gain wider
knowledge associated with the subject matter. I am interested in this research personally
because it will help student to carry out outdoor activities which will helps in building up the
motors skills when going to school.
Justify three subject references relevant to your focus (Harvard Referenced)
Agusta, A.R., 2018, December. Improving the Student’s Cooperation and Environmental
Care Skill using Outdoor Learning Strategy Outbound Variation. In 1st International
Conference on Creativity, Innovation and Technology in Education (IC-CITE 2018).
Atlantis Press.
Asrial, A and et.al., 2019. Exploring Obstacles in Language Learning among Prospective
Primary School Teacher. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in
Education, 8(2), pp.249-254.
Kangas, M., Vuojärvi, H. and Siklander, P., 2018. Hiking in the wilderness: Interplay
between teachers’ and students’ agencies in outdoor learning. Education in the
North, 25(3), pp.7-31.
Arianti, Y. and Aminatun, T., 2019, June. An analysis of outdoor learning towards students’
outcomes in learning biology. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1241,
No. 1, p. 012061). IOP Publishing.