Best Practice Service in Outdoor Education
If we want students to care about our planet, and thus care for our planet, getting them connected to and immersed in nature seems like...
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Alex Moxon
- Mar 6, 2020
- 3 min
Why Build An Outdoor Classroom?
A great way to promote outdoor learning and play is to create an outdoor classroom on your school grounds or educational site.
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Alex Moxon
- Feb 16, 2020
- 6 min
Experience and Reflection: The Two Halves of Outdoor Education
Experience and reflection form two halves of any meaningful outdoor education activity.
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Alex Moxon
- Dec 13, 2019
- 5 min
Charting the Path to Environmental Stewardship
Experiential education (or hands-on education) is one of the most powerful tools and approaches for creating environmental awareness.
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Alex Moxon
- Sep 29, 2019
- 4 min
The "Changemaker" Cycle for Meaningful Service Learning
Taking action on sustainability requires building the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary to create positive change.
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Alex Moxon
- Sep 13, 2019
- 4 min
Part II: Rivers Are Perfect for Sustainability Education. Here's How.
This article follows on from Part I: Rivers Are Perfect for Teaching Sustainability. Here's Why! Background The living things found in a...
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Alex Moxon
- Aug 28, 2019
- 4 min
Ecological Footprints: An Access Point to Sustainability
Calculating your ecological footprint is quite simple to do, and it serves as an ideal entry point for sustainability education.
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Alex Moxon
- Jul 21, 2019
- 1 min
Screen Time Linked to Depression in Teens, Study Says
Being a teenager is tough already -- is too much screen time making it tougher?
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Mike Edmondstone
- Jun 25, 2019
- 4 min
How Can Food Growing Benefit Outdoor Teaching?
There are countless benefits of children growing your own food, from the nutritional value of eating fresh vegetables.
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Alex Moxon
- May 28, 2019
- 4 min
How Big is My Ecological Footprint? Assessing the Sustainability of Our Lifestyles
Having students calculate their ecological footprint gives them a concrete understanding of their own personal impact on Earth’s systems.
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Alex Moxon
- May 22, 2019
- 4 min
How to Apply Metacognitive Tools in Outdoor Education
This article looks at ways that meta-cognition can be used to maximize the outcomes and performance of children in outdoor learning.
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Alex Moxon
- May 15, 2019
- 4 min
How Good Really Are You? The Importance of Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Educators.
Over-inflated self-efficacy beliefs among educators can result in delayed skills development or inappropriate acceptance of risk.
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Alex Moxon
- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
Part I: Rivers Are Perfect for Teaching Sustainability. Here's Why!
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...
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Alex Moxon
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
Are You "Nature Smart?" How to Awaken Naturalistic Intelligence in Children
Multiple Intelligence Theory In 1983, Multiple Intelligence Theory was first put forth by Professor Howard Gardner in his ground-breaking...
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Alex Moxon
- Mar 20, 2019
- 3 min
Top 10 Tips for Outdoor Environmental Teaching
Outdoor environmental education is a brilliant way to engage students with hands-on science and ecological understanding that reinforces...
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Alex Moxon
- Mar 11, 2019
- 4 min
5 Simple Ways to Inspire a Love of Nature and the Outdoors Among Children
Children need surprisingly little to develop a love of nature and the outdoors - essentially it's coded into their DNA. Children didn't...
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Alex Moxon
- Mar 8, 2019
- 1 min
How to Instill a Love of Learning and Prepare Children for the 21st Century
Once called STEM, STEAM education is growing in popularity worldwide. It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and...
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Alex Moxon
- Mar 7, 2019
- 3 min
10 Steps to Starting Your Own School Outdoor Education Program
Imagine a world where every school has outdoor education built into the school fabric and ethos. Imagine a school where children are...
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Alex Moxon
- Jan 27, 2019
- 3 min