Significance of Experience in Outdoor Education

Educational facilities for youth and children as it ought to be

Abstract

The outdoor education is a study whereby various kinds of educational activities are given through the actual experience, and the most eminent feature of it is to place the emphasis on the experience.
Then, why should the importance be place on experiences now? As a background of this problem, it can be pointed out that there is an insufficiency of natural experiences and life experiences as the underlying factor of many problems concerning the young generation today. This paper aims at clarifying this fact through the survey of actual situation, and pointing out the policy that must be taken by the State to supplement this insufficiency. Next, refers to grasping the experiences not only as the matter of outdoor education but also as the matter of total education, and considering its necessity and meaning in the historical stream of education. This paper will discuss what kind of experience will really useful for growth and development of young generation.
Furthermore, the paper will propose the concrete plan how should be the educational facilities for young people which is the base site of outdoor education activities to take advantages of these experiences.