Children Learning Outside the Classroom

From Birth to Eleven
Second Edition
Sue Waite
Children Learning Outside the Classroom
February 2017 | 320 pages | Sage UK
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Description

The Second Edition of this best-selling textbook continues to help students and professionals understand the importance of children learning outside of the traditional classroom. This helpful text is packed with creative information and ideas for teachers and practitioners to incorporate outdoor activities throughout the school curriculum.

Significantly revised and updated the Second Edition now includes 7 new chapters on:
  • Methods of Assessment and Evaluation
  • Global perspectives on Outdoor Learning
  • Developing whole school approaches to indoor and outdoor teaching
  • Technology and its role outside the classroom
  • Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and learning outdoors
  • Forest School
  • The environmental sector and outdoor learning
Children Learning Outside the Classroom demonstrates how the outdoor environment is enriching learning opportunities for children and deepening their connections with the natural world.

NOW FEATURING! A Companion Website with free SAGE journal articles, web links, annotated further readings, and video to help translate theory into real life practice.

Contents

Introduction

Introduction

Section 1: THINKING ACROSS THE WHOLE

  • 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Learning Outside the Classroom – Relationships Between Learning and Place
  • 2. Methods of Assessment and Evaluation for Learning Outside the Classroom
  • 3. What is the change? Evaluating the Moorland Classroom’s Effect on Children
  • 4. A Global View of Learning Outside the Classroom

Section 2: OUTDOOR PRACTICE ACROSS EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY

  • 5. Very Young Children Learning Outdoors: Its Place in the Schooling System
  • 6. Developing Whole School Approaches to Integrated Indoor / Outdoor Teaching
  • 7. Outdoor Pedagogies in Support of Transition from Foundation Stage to Year 1
  • 8. Technology and its Role Outside the Classroom
  • 9. Special Educational Needs and Disability and Learning Outside the Classroom

Section 3: CURRICULUM AREAS

  • 10. English, Communication and Language and Language Outside the Classroom
  • 11. Understanding Mathematics Outside the Classroom
  • 12. Science and Technology Outside the Classroom: Embedding Learning Outside the Classroom into the Science National Curriculum
  • 13. Understanding Places and People Through History and Geography Outside the Classroom
  • 14. The Arts
  • 15. Physical Development, Health and Well-Being: the role of Physical Education

Section 4: PARTNERS AND PROGRESSION

  • 16. The Renaissance of Residential Experiences: their Contribution to Outdoor Learning
  • 17. Forest School: Core Principles in Changing Times
  • 18. School Gardens and the School Food Plan: Contributing to a Culture of Healthy Living
  • 19. How the Outdoor Environmental Sector can Support Schools
  • 20. Making a Difference: Learning on a Grand Scale

Description

The Second Edition of this best-selling textbook continues to help students and professionals understand the importance of children learning outside of the traditional classroom. This helpful text is packed with creative information and ideas for teachers and practitioners to incorporate outdoor activities throughout the school curriculum.

Significantly revised and updated the Second Edition now includes 7 new chapters on:
  • Methods of Assessment and Evaluation
  • Global perspectives on Outdoor Learning
  • Developing whole school approaches to indoor and outdoor teaching
  • Technology and its role outside the classroom
  • Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and learning outdoors
  • Forest School
  • The environmental sector and outdoor learning
Children Learning Outside the Classroom demonstrates how the outdoor environment is enriching learning opportunities for children and deepening their connections with the natural world.

NOW FEATURING! A Companion Website with free SAGE journal articles, web links, annotated further readings, and video to help translate theory into real life practice.

Contents

Introduction

Introduction

Section 1: THINKING ACROSS THE WHOLE

  • 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Learning Outside the Classroom – Relationships Between Learning and Place
  • 2. Methods of Assessment and Evaluation for Learning Outside the Classroom
  • 3. What is the change? Evaluating the Moorland Classroom’s Effect on Children
  • 4. A Global View of Learning Outside the Classroom

Section 2: OUTDOOR PRACTICE ACROSS EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY

  • 5. Very Young Children Learning Outdoors: Its Place in the Schooling System
  • 6. Developing Whole School Approaches to Integrated Indoor / Outdoor Teaching
  • 7. Outdoor Pedagogies in Support of Transition from Foundation Stage to Year 1
  • 8. Technology and its Role Outside the Classroom
  • 9. Special Educational Needs and Disability and Learning Outside the Classroom

Section 3: CURRICULUM AREAS

  • 10. English, Communication and Language and Language Outside the Classroom
  • 11. Understanding Mathematics Outside the Classroom
  • 12. Science and Technology Outside the Classroom: Embedding Learning Outside the Classroom into the Science National Curriculum
  • 13. Understanding Places and People Through History and Geography Outside the Classroom
  • 14. The Arts
  • 15. Physical Development, Health and Well-Being: the role of Physical Education

Section 4: PARTNERS AND PROGRESSION

  • 16. The Renaissance of Residential Experiences: their Contribution to Outdoor Learning
  • 17. Forest School: Core Principles in Changing Times
  • 18. School Gardens and the School Food Plan: Contributing to a Culture of Healthy Living
  • 19. How the Outdoor Environmental Sector can Support Schools
  • 20. Making a Difference: Learning on a Grand Scale
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Children Learning Outside the Classroom

From Birth to Eleven

Sue Waite
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February 2017 | 320 pages | Sage UK

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The Second Edition of this best-selling textbook continues to help students and professionals understand the importance of children learning outside of the traditional classroom. This helpful text is packed with creative information and ideas for teachers and practitioners to incorporate outdoor activities throughout the school curriculum.

Significantly revised and updated the Second Edition now includes 7 new chapters on:
  • Methods of Assessment and Evaluation
  • Global perspectives on Outdoor Learning
  • Developing whole school approaches to indoor and outdoor teaching
  • Technology and its role outside the classroom
  • Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and learning outdoors
  • Forest School
  • The environmental sector and outdoor learning
Children Learning Outside the Classroom demonstrates how the outdoor environment is enriching learning opportunities for children and deepening their connections with the natural world.

NOW FEATURING! A Companion Website with free SAGE journal articles, web links, annotated further readings, and video to help translate theory into real life practice.

Table Of Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Section 1: THINKING ACROSS THE WHOLE
  • 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Learning Outside the Classroom – Relationships Between Learning and Place
  • 2. Methods of Assessment and Evaluation for Learning Outside the Classroom
  • 3. What is the change? Evaluating the Moorland Classroom’s Effect on Children
  • 4. A Global View of Learning Outside the Classroom
  • Section 2: OUTDOOR PRACTICE ACROSS EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY
  • 5. Very Young Children Learning Outdoors: Its Place in the Schooling System
  • 6. Developing Whole School Approaches to Integrated Indoor / Outdoor Teaching
  • 7. Outdoor Pedagogies in Support of Transition from Foundation Stage to Year 1
  • 8. Technology and its Role Outside the Classroom
  • 9. Special Educational Needs and Disability and Learning Outside the Classroom
  • Section 3: CURRICULUM AREAS
  • 10. English, Communication and Language and Language Outside the Classroom
  • 11. Understanding Mathematics Outside the Classroom
  • 12. Science and Technology Outside the Classroom: Embedding Learning Outside the Classroom into the Science National Curriculum
  • 13. Understanding Places and People Through History and Geography Outside the Classroom
  • 14. The Arts
  • 15. Physical Development, Health and Well-Being: the role of Physical Education
  • Section 4: PARTNERS AND PROGRESSION
  • 16. The Renaissance of Residential Experiences: their Contribution to Outdoor Learning
  • 17. Forest School: Core Principles in Changing Times
  • 18. School Gardens and the School Food Plan: Contributing to a Culture of Healthy Living
  • 19. How the Outdoor Environmental Sector can Support Schools
  • 20. Making a Difference: Learning on a Grand Scale

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