Discussion
This paper attempts to shed empirical light on outdoor teachers’ use of and preference for green space. Our results show that Outdoor School teachers mainly used school grounds and local green space for their outdoor teaching, and a majority used the same place or mostly the same place. The outdoor teachers surveyed mainly used forests, school grounds, and streams and lakes for their teaching activities, and preferred forests. In addition, they expressed a desire for natural flora and fauna, water, easy access and places for building a fire and finding shelter. The teachers had practised Outdoor School approximately 35 days in green space, and the average duration of their teaching activities was 3.7 hours. The average group size was 27.6 children and 2.4 adults