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Technology has an important role in children's lives and education. Based on several projects
developed with ICT, both in Early Childhood Education (3-6 years old) and Primary Education (6-10
years old), since 1997, the authors argue that research and educational practices need to "go
outside", addressing ways to connect technology with outdoor education.
The experience with the projects and initiatives developed supported a conceptual framework,
developed and discussed with several partners throughout the years and theoretically informed. Three
main principles or axis have emerged: strengthening Children's Participation, promoting Critical
Citizenship and establishing strong Connections to Pedagogy and Curriculum. In this paper, those
axis will be presented and discussed in relation to the challenge posed by Outdoor Education to the
way ICT in Early Childhood and Primary Education is understood, promoted and researched.
The paper is exploratory, attempting to connect theoretical and conceptual contributions from Early
Childhood Pedagogy with contributions from ICT in Education. The research-based knowledge
available is still scarce, mostly based on studies developed with other purposes. The paper, therefore,
focus the connections and interpellations between concepts established through the theoretical
framework and draws on the almost 20 years of experience with large and small scale action-research
projects of ICT in schools. The more recent one is already testing the conceptual framework by
supporting children in non-formal contexts to explore vineyards and the cycle of wine production with
several ICT tools.
Approaching Outdoor Education as an arena where pedagogical and cultural dimensions influence
decisions and practices, the paper tries to argue that the three axis are relevant in supporting a
stronger connection between technology and the outdoor.
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Keywords
Digital Tools Pedagogical Practices Outdoor Education Early Childhood Education Primary Education Free Software and Culture
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Figueiredo, M. P., Gomes, C. A., & Gonçalves, N. F. (2016). "Going outside": discussing the connection between pedagogical practices with digital tools and outdoor learning in early childhood and primary education. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martinez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), EDULEARN16 Proceedings (pp. 3058-3066). Barcelona:
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