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Following the acclaim for Learning Outside the Classroom in 2012, this latest book more deeply explains how well constructed outdoor learning experiences can benefit children and young people's academic development and health and wellbeing.
Outdoor Learning Across the Curriculum outlines the theory and practice to enable preservice and experienced primary and secondary school teachers to systematically incorporate meaningful outdoor learning opportunities into their daily teaching activities, in a range of environments and with diverse groups of students. Six of the chapters are substantially re-worked versions of the 2012 book, two are completely re-imagined, and four are entirely new. Topics for developing learning and teaching outdoors include:
Inclusive educational design
Learning for sustainability
Community-based learning
The role of student curiosity and wonder
Evidencing learning
Developing a whole school approach
Place-responsive education
Integrating digital technology
With practical and engaging chapters containing aims, case studies, and guidelines for practice, this timely book provides teachers the tools with which they can integrate outdoor learning into their daily timetable. It will also be a valuable resource to other professions which use the outdoors for educational purposes.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Education to address the planet's big challenges
Chapter 2: Encouraging students and teachers to explore worldviews, ethics and their own responsibilities
Chapter 3: Learning across the curriculum
Chapter 4: Outdoor learning and sustainability
Chapter 5: Learning through places
Chapter 6: Harnessing student curiosity and the role of wonder
Chapter 7: Community-based learning
Chapter 8: Integrating mobile digital technology
Chapter 9: Day excursions and residential outdoor education centers
Chapter 10: Risk management
Chapter 11: Supervising people outdoors
Chapter 12: Evidencing learning and developing a whole school approach
About the author
Simon Beames is Professor of Friluftsliv at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo.
Peter Higgins is Professor of Outdoor, Environmental, and Sustainability Education at the University of Edinburgh.
Robbie Nicol is Professor of Place-Based Education at the University of Edinburgh.
Heidi Smith is a Lecturer in Outdoor Learning at the University of Edinburgh.
Summary
Following the acclaim of 2012’s Learning Outside the Classroom, this latest book more deeply explains how well-constructed outdoor learning experiences can benefit children and young people’s academic development and health and well-being.
