Utomhuspedagogik- det outnyttjade rummet
Through a quantitative examination, 26 pedagogies in the pre-school activity answered a few questions in an enquiry about outdoor education. The purpose with this examination was to find out what pedagogies think and apprehend about outdoor education, and also if the "education plan" is in their minds during outdoor activities and if they see them self´s as competent in nature studies. They have also answered questions whether they think that they have good outdoor environment that stimulates children´s development and learning and if there´s any forest that they visit on regular basis.The pedagogies think that during time spent outdoor, it´s the motor skills that are best developed. All of the pedagogies mentioned above think that they need to get more educated in nature studies and also that pedagogies attitude towards time spent outdoors affect the children. They do not think about the goals and intentions of the "educations plan" all the time. They think that it is important to teach the children to take care of the nature and it´s circulation. The yard is described as stimulating, big and open and there´s also a forest nearby that they visit regularly. About half of them that participated in this examination could see themselves working in an outdoor pre-school.Keywords: Outdoor education, pedagogies, nature study, education plan.