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This research was conducted to examine the views of preschool teachers about the out-of-school learning environments used in preschool education and the use of these environments. The research was carried out in the phenomenology method which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consists of 35 preschool teachers working in various regions of Turkey. The data of the study were collected with a semi-structured teacher interview form created by the researchers. In the research, descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of short-answer questions, and content analysis was used in the analysis of open-ended questions. The results of the research revealed that preschool teachers have sufficient knowledge about out-of-school learning environments and use various out-of-school learning environments. Positive teacher opinions were found that out-of-school learning environments improve children’s cognitive, social-emotional, motor, self-care and language skills. It has been revealed that teachers use these environments mostly for learning by doing-experience, permanent learning, providing a qualified educational environment and being interesting. Even though the majority of the teachers stated that they did not encounter any difficulties in the preparation and implementation stages of these environments, there are also teachers who stated that they encountered various difficulties. Teachers expressed these difficulties and various solution suggestions.

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