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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
Led by Université de Sherbrooke · Updated on 2025-12-31
1000
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
60 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn if an outdoor science education intervention can improve primary school students' learning and well-being when compared to an indoor classroom-based science education intervention. The main questions it aims to answer are: * 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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
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
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Primary schools with a deprivation index of 1 or higher located in Montreal, Longueuil, or Laval, Quebec
- Teachers showing interest in outdoor education, regardless of prior experience
- Inclusion of only 5th and 6th grade teachers
- Schools with two teachers interested in participating in the project
You will not qualify if you...
- Alternative schools
- Schools that welcome recently arrived non-Francophone students
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Greater Montreal area (Laval, Longueuil, Montreal)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
G
Gabriela Quintela Do Carmo
CONTACT
J
Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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