Outdoor education camp and group cohesion: an investigation in the Teacher Education Institute of Malaysia

Mazuki Mohd Yasim

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Type :	article
Subject :	GV Recreation Leisure
ISSN :	1112-9867
Main Author :	Mazuki Mohd Yasim
Additional Authors :	Azlizam Aziz Md Amin Md Taff Jaffry Zakaria
Title :	Outdoor education camp and group cohesion: an investigation in the Teacher Education Institute of Malaysia

Year of Publication :

2017

Abstract :

The study seeks to investigate the effect of outdoor education camp toward group cohesion among second year undergraduate teacher trainees from selected Teacher Education Institutes of Malaysia. A pre-test and post-test approach with non-equivalent control group was utilised among 350 second year undergraduate teacher trainees from four selected campuses. A modified version of Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ) was used to gather data from pre-test and post-test. Results from MANCOVA procedures suggested that the camp had positively improved the group cohesion aspects of the experimental group with significant gain in ATG-T, ATG-S, GI-T and GI-S. Furthermore, results also highlight the improvement of group outcome aspects (GI-T and GI-S) which surpassed individual aspects (ATG-T and ATG-S). Overall, the results of this study showed that outdoor education improves teacher trainees' group cohesion.

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