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WR1_2_4: Pitch oral & Environmental approaches to HEPA promotion Group Meeting Location: White room 1 Session Chair: Josef Mitáš | |
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3:46pm - 3:49pm
Environmental Scan of the “State of Play” for Active Outdoor Play in Slovenia 1: Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2: Outdoor Play Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 3: Research & Evaluation, ParticipACTION, Toronto, Canada; 4: School of Occupational Therapy, Western University, London, Canada; 5: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; 6: School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; 7: Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark; 8: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; 9: School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada; 10: Department of Sport Industry Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Background and Aim: The term ‘outdoor play’ might not directly translated to languages spoken across Europe, including Slovenia, where specialists in this area may be from different disciplines. We completed scoping review of outdoor play literature in Slovenia, and translated resources from the 2025 Outdoor Play Position Statement into the Slovenian language, to disseminate this global initiative at the local level. Methods: A scoping review was performed (Dec 2024-Feb 2025) and resources were translated (Feb 2026), for dissemination within the Slovenia-specific context. Results: Slovenia currently emphasises outdoor play to a greater extent in early childhood development, whereas in later years, outdoor education (izobraževanje na prostem), teaching (pouk na prostem) and forest pedagogy (gozdna pedagogika) become more prominent. Schools in nature (šola v naravi) are also mandatory in primary schools, i.e., a special organisational form which takes place at least three days away from the pupil’s place of residence, usually in a natural environment. Although nature schools have an educational focus, pupils engage in various physical activities outdoors (e.g., skiing, hiking, swimming, biking) spending most of their free time playing outside. Spontaneous, active outdoor play has not yet been consistently studied in Slovenia. Conclusions: Slovenia has several regions which may have their own regional or local experts in the “outdoor play” space, but this area of work has not been systematically interrogated to its fullest potential, likely due to several factors, including the topic falling between research areas (e.g. pedagogy, sport science, urban planning, early childhood education). | |
