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A great way to promote outdoor learning and play is to create an outdoor classroom on your school grounds or educational site.

Coronavirus is making it difficult to confidently take students overseas where many outdoor education experiences happen.

As little as an hour a week of outdoor learning has tremendous benefits for children and also boosts teachers' job satisfaction.

Experiential education (or hands-on education) is one of the most powerful tools and approaches for creating environmental awareness.

Raising awareness of environmental issues and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (the ‘Global Goals’ or ‘SDGs’) is vital.

This article follows on from Part I: Rivers Are Perfect for Teaching Sustainability. Here's Why! Background The living things found in a river or stream depe...

We all know young children are easily engaged and fascinated by nature. But when do they fall out of love?

There are countless benefits of children growing your own food, from the nutritional value of eating fresh vegetables.

Everyday we expect children to sit in small boxes we call classrooms, and focus on learning through books and pencils indoors.

This article looks at ways that meta-cognition can be used to maximize the outcomes and performance of children in outdoor learning.

Over-inflated self-efficacy beliefs among educators can result in delayed skills development or inappropriate acceptance of risk.

Children pick up on tiny cues from their parents, teachers and wider society. They are sponges constantly scanning their surroundings for new knowledge and i...

River systems are perfect for children to study how their day-to-day actions can have wide-reaching impacts on a river's water quality and ecological health....

Outdoor education has a long history. But sadly it's not always received the kudos it deserves. For too long it's been sidelined as a "nice to have" or a onc...

Multiple Intelligence Theory In 1983, Multiple Intelligence Theory was first put forth by Professor Howard Gardner in his ground-breaking book, Frames of Min...

Outdoor environmental education is a brilliant way to engage students with hands-on science and ecological understanding that reinforces classroom learning. ...

Children need surprisingly little to develop a love of nature and the outdoors - essentially it's coded into their DNA. Children didn't evolve to sit day aft...

Imagine a world where every school has outdoor education built into the school fabric and ethos. Imagine a school where children are truly connected to natur...

In a world where children spend most of their education cooped up in small boxes called classrooms, real-world experiential learning can be truly transformat...

I've been thinking about this question for a while now, and I've come to learn the unfortunate truth. There is a burgeoning inequality in outdoor education o...