Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article reports and discusses results from a nationwide, quantitative survey of accidents and near-accidents in educational outdoor activities (friluftsliv) in Norwegian upper secondary schools during the period 2010–2013. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and association analyses. The results reveal that accidents and near-accidents occur regularly, but no fatalities occurred in the three-year period studied. We found few statistically significant associations between variables, yet among the variations of teacher education in friluftsliv one year of teacher education reduced the likelihood of reporting accidents (odds ratio = 0.35, p = 0.007) and lack of any friluftsliv teacher education increased the likelihood of reporting accidents (odds ratio = 2.23, p = 0.048). The results regarding accident and near-accident causes are not very clear, although teachers tend to consider chance factors and student preparedness to be more important causes than other factors. Internationally, and particularly in Norway, there is a need for better knowledge for minimizing accidents and near-accidents in outdoor educational activities for youth.
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