Children learning outside the classroom : from birth to eleven / edited by Susan Waite

Published:: London : SAGE, 2011.
Physical Description:: xxiv, 236 : illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators:: Waite, Susan

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Theoretical perspectives on learning outside the classroom: relationships between learning and place / Nick Pratt -- Developing a personal theory for understanding learning in different contexts -- Concepts of learning and different focal planes -- A broader concept of learning -- Towards a relational model for learning outside the classroom -- A psychological plane -- A socio-cultural plane -- Using different planes for different purposes -- Section 1 Early Years Practice - Reaching Out -- 2.Crawling and toddling in the outdoors: very young children's learning / Karen Wickett -- Why is it important for very young children to have substantial experience of the outdoor environment? -- Dealing with risk -- 3.Using the local community as part of the early years learning environment / Valerie Huggins -- Starting from children's interests -- Involving parents and carers -- The children's culture -- Some issues -- 4.A time of change: outdoor learning and pedagogies of transition between Foundation Stage and Year 1 / Sue Rogers -- Play-based and playful pedagogies -- Spaces: intentions and tensions -- Section 2 Learning Outside the Classroom Across the Curriculum for Primary Aged Children -- 5.English and language outside the classroom / Howard Cotton -- English as a medium for learning in and out of school -- The role-play area -- Environmental print -- In support of equity -- 6.Mathematics outside the classroom / Nick Pratt -- What mathematics is - and isn't -- A model for mathematical thinking -- The role of the outdoors -- 7.Science and technology outside the classroom / Rachael Hincks Knight -- Developing a sense of belonging - Earthwalks -- Finding out about the world around us -- Identifying ways to reduce impact on the environment -- 8.Understanding places and society through history and geography outside the classroom / Roger Cutting -- Learning for a landscape -- Drama as a pedagogy for outdoor integrated humanities -- Research in drama education -- 9.The Arts outside the classroom / Ian Shirley -- Taking music outside -- Becoming sensitive to spaces - engaging the aesthetic -- Making up music -- Musical development -- Land and environmental art -- Context and subjectivity -- 10.Physical development, health and well-being: the role of physical education `outside' / Liz Taplin -- Learning `outdoors' and `outside the classroom' -- Physical education and the concept of physical literacy -- Learning `outdoors' and `outside the classroom' through outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA) -- Overcoming the barriers to learning in the outdoors -- Reading the environment -- Section 3 Outside the Box -- 11.Residential centres: desirable difference? / Tony Rea -- Outdoor centres: the historical and cultural background -- The first pillar: Learning to know - the cognitive domain -- The second pillar: Learning to do - skills acquisition -- The third pillar: Learning to live together - social skills development -- The fourth pillar: Learning to be - self-awareness and greater autonomy -- Why are centres becoming like school? -- Examining learning at outdoor education centres critically -- 12.School gardens and Forest Schools / Sue Waite -- School gardens and lessons for life -- Forest Schools and dispositions for learning -- Summary of similarities and differences -- Some critical thoughts -- 13.Environmental education in the National Park: case studies on Exmoor / Sue Waite -- Pedagogical approach -- The Exmoor Model: real experience environmental education -- Implications for policy and practice -- 14.Managed learning spaces and new forms of learning outside the classroom / Alan Peacock -- New forms of educational enterprise: learning spaces -- The impact of micro-contexts -- New forms of learning -- The importance of collaborative engagement -- Implications for LPs -- 15.Making a difference: learning on a grand scale / Sue Waite -- How does learning (outside the classroom) happen? -- Why learn outside the classroom? -- What might be learned outside the classroom?.

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ISBN:

9780857020475 (hbk.)
0857020471 (hbk.)
085702048X (pbk.)
9780857020482 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-228) and index.

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