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Outdoor learning across the curriculum / Simon Beames, Peter Higgins, Robbie Nicol, Heidi Smith.

By: Beames, Simon [author.].
Contributor(s): Higgins, Peter J [author.] | Nicol, Robbie [author.] | Smith, Heidi, 1973- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: Second edition.Description: xv, 170 pages : illustrations , 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367819330 (paperback).Uniform titles: Learning outside the classroom Subject(s): Outdoor education | Place-based educationDDC classification: 371.384 BEA
Contents:
Education to address the planet's big challenges -- Encouraging students and teachers to explore worldviews, ethics and their own responsibilities -- Learning across the curriculum -- Outdoor learning and sustainability -- Learning through places -- Harnessing student curiosity and the role of wonder -- Community-based learning -- Integrating mobile digital technology -- Day excursions and residential outdoor education centers -- Risk management -- Supervising people outdoors -- Evidencing learning and developing a whole school approach.
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. Outdoor Learning across the Curriculum outlines the theory and practice to enable pre-service 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 371.384 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Essential OUTD61016 38888000940704
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 371.384 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Essential OUTD61016 38888000940696
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 371.384 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out Essential OUTD61016 07/10/2026 38888000940670
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Revised edition of: Learning outside the classroom. 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Education to address the planet's big challenges -- Encouraging students and teachers to explore worldviews, ethics and their own responsibilities -- Learning across the curriculum -- Outdoor learning and sustainability -- Learning through places -- Harnessing student curiosity and the role of wonder -- Community-based learning -- Integrating mobile digital technology -- Day excursions and residential outdoor education centers -- Risk management -- Supervising people outdoors -- Evidencing learning and developing a whole school approach.

"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. Outdoor Learning across the Curriculum outlines the theory and practice to enable pre-service 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"-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Kerry Module OUTD61016 - Essential Reading.