Outdoor Science Education and Child Well-being in Primary Schools: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial on Learning, Connection to Nature, Eco-anxiety, and Stress
NCT ID: NCT07147634
Last Updated: 2025-12-31
Study Results
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
1000 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-09-02
2026-11-30
Brief Summary
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* Will students who engage in outdoor science learning produce higher-quality observations of living organisms than students who receive instruction exclusively in an indoor, classroom-based context, when both groups are invited to make observations in an unfamiliar natural environment?
* Does an outdoor education intervention embedded within the science curriculum contribute to children's connection to nature, eco-anxiety and stress?
Participants will:
* Receive a science education intervention 2h/week for a total of 5 weeks, either indoors or outdoors
* Answer questionnaires before and after the intervention
* Participate in a field day-trip after the intervention where they will be asked to observe living organisms.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Outdoor science education
2h of outdoor science education intervention per week for a total of 5 weeks (following Québec's mandatory curriculum)
Outdoor science education
Following Québec's mandatory curriculum, primary school teachers will provide life science lessons 2h/week for a total of 5 weeks in an outdoor setting
Indoor classroom-based science education
2h of indoor science education intervention per week for a total of 5 weeks (following Québec's mandatory curriculum)
Indoor classroom-based science education
Following Québec's mandatory curriculum, primary school teachers will provide life science lessons 2h/week for a total of 5 weeks inside the classroom
Interventions
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Outdoor science education
Following Québec's mandatory curriculum, primary school teachers will provide life science lessons 2h/week for a total of 5 weeks in an outdoor setting
Indoor classroom-based science education
Following Québec's mandatory curriculum, primary school teachers will provide life science lessons 2h/week for a total of 5 weeks inside the classroom
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Teachers have to show some interest in outdoor education but are not obliged to have already done some before in order to be included.
* Only 5th and 6th grade teachers are included.
* Primary schools with two teachers interested in participating in the project.
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Université de Sherbrooke
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Université de Sherbrooke
Locations
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Greater Montreal area (Laval, Longueuil, Montreal)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Gabriela Quintela Do Carmo
Role: primary
Other Identifiers
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435-2022-0651
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2023-3453
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id