Vilken kunskap prioriterar lärare inom friluftslivsundervisningen? : Med målet att ge eleverna förutsättningar och intresse av att vara i naturen, nu och i framtiden

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to increase the understanding of the purpose and goals of physical education teachers in their outdoor education and what knowledge they express as important for students to develop and demonstrate in, about and through outdoor education. Five physical education teachers participated in the study. Qualitative semi-structured interviews collected data and a thematic analysis was conducted based on Carlgren's theories of tacit knowledge and the four forms of knowledge (Carlgren, p. 88, 2015; Skolverket, p. 21, 2002). The results show that all teachers express the same purpose and goals with their outdoor education. The students should be given enough knowledge and experience of outdoor life to be able and want to pursue outdoor life now and for the rest of their lives. It was difficult for the teachers to formulate the knowledge required by the pupils to achieve the purpose and goal. Carlgren's (SOU 1992:94,p. 66) knowledge form ”skill” turned out to be the one that is given most prioritation in outdoor education. This is due to the fact that movement skills in different outdoor activities are considered easy to assess and that outdooractivities are given the greatest space in outdoor education. At the same time, the results suggest that the teachers possess tacit knowledge in outdoor life and outdoor life education that makes it difficult for the teachers to formulate the knowledge they consider important. They have a sense of security and clarity about how teaching should be structured and what pupils should experience in order to achieve the overall purpose and goal of creating the conditions for a lifelong active outdoor life.