Learning Outside the Classroom: Theory and Guidelines for Practice

✍ Scribed by Simon Beames, Peter Higgins, Robbie Nicol

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 139
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learning Outside the Classroom outlines theory and practice that will enable and encourage teachers to systematically and progressively incorporate meaningful outdoor learning opportunities into their daily teaching activities in a wide variety of environments and with diverse populations of pupils. This is the first textbook based around the curriculum for prospective and practising primary and secondary teachers and other outdoor educators. The principles and examples presented are intended to be adapted by teachers to suit the needs of their students in ways that draw upon content offered by the local landscape and its natural and built heritage. Although the focus of this book is ‘the real world’ beyond the classroom, it is also about good teaching — wherever it takes place. While there are chapters on practical issues such as risk-management and supervising groups outdoors, the chapters on curriculum, sustainability, curiosity, responsibility, and educational communities will serve as a valuable guide for anyone interested in applying educational theory to practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Learning Outside the Classroom
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction and overview
2. Learning across the curriculum
3. Education for sustainable development
4. Learning through local landscapes
5. Harnessing student curiosity
6. Enabling students to take responsibilities
7. Building community partnerships
8. Administration and risk management
9. Supervising people outdoors
10. Putting it all together: Developing an action plan to take learning
outdoors
References
Index