POSITIVE ATTITUDE BUILDOUT AT SECOND GRADERS THROUGH OUTDOOR EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

Outdoor education has come to the point where, besides being a modern teachinglearning method, it can easily develop certain competencies if it is done according to strategical rules. Modern education is based on the development of competencies and the curriculum motivates the use of activities that can build these in children of any age. One of the most important parts of a competency is the attitude of pupils towards oneself, others and learning. This study, presents the theoretical base of attitudes as parts of competencies and how pupils can achieve them through formal education. It also presents a research amongst a group of second graders from Arad County based on outdoor learning activities and the multiple ways in which these can develop attitudes in the research group. We are going to present the instruments and the results, which preliminarily show that involving kids in outdoor learning activities can successfully develop positive attitudes towards self, society, the micro group and towards learning.