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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"forest school"”.
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Developing a coherent theoretical framework for Forest School in the UK
As an early leader in the development of Forest School (FS) in the UK, I published four books, eight book chapters and three academic papers between 2009 and 2019. This work is set within the context of other research on FS, an examination of which leads to the proposition that what is missing from …
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Investigating economically driven middle-class parents' knowledge and considerations of forest school
… how an environmental education program, a forest school, is perceived by a purposeful sample of economically driven parents of school-aged children in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This qualitative research utilizes an ethnographic semistructured interview methodology to explore parents' knowledge, …
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Choices, choices, choices : the nature of children’s agency within a forest school context
The use of Forest Schools (FS) to promote outdoor learning has become increasingly popular over the last decade or so. The FS approach embraces a woodland environment and espouses a child-centred pedagogy. Six principles outlining the key features of FS underpin the ways that FS leaders (FSLs) have …
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Exploring young children’s participation and motive orientation in the classroom and at forest school
… activity in the reception year classroom and at Forest School. The research considers the experiences of a group of linguistically and culturally diverse 4- and 5-year-olds, in order to conceptualise the child’s situation of development through their participation in socio-material activity …
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Learning during lockdown: did prior attendance at a Forest School programme alter children’s home learning experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Forest School is a child-centred, regular, outdoor learning programme, that was developed in Scandinavia. The Forest School movement is being increasingly adopted by United Kingdom (UK) education settings, however at present there is limited rigorous evidence that has shown the efficacy of the …
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Nature, autism, and COVID: Exploring perceptions of nature’s relationship with wellbeing in diverse groups
… of autistic children participating in Forest School at an autism specialist provision with practitioners trained in working with autistic children. Triangulating data from three months of participant observation, interviews with 10 parents, and interviews with nine autistic children and …
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Eco-praxis: the story of environmental and sustainability connections as a wider theory base in social work education
… environmental educators and student teachers forest school training, that could enhance social work education. System theory provides an overarching theoretical framework, and a variety of systems models is explored and repurposed to promote critical reflection and ethical dialogue about …
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Developing good practice in the provision of outdoor education in the early years
… developed from a small nursery garden to a full forest school experience using the schools grounds and beyond.
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Pembangunan kit rimba berorientasikan elemen Sekolah Rimba Malaysia bagi peningkatan kompetensi sains murid Orang Asli
… to discuss the impact of nurturing the Malaysia Forest School elements (MFSe) onto the Indigenous pupils’ science competency. This research is using the collaboration methods between qualitative and quantitative (mix method) and quasi-experimental designed which involves 33 pupils in the …
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Searching for Art in the forest: An examination of how nature inspires children’s creativity.
This study aimed to examine how school-aged children’s experiences with outdoor, play-based, inquiry-based, and artful pedagogies shaped their creative outcomes. The benefits of being outdoors and engaging with the arts are commonly overlooked. Researchers argue that teaching drama, particularly in …
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The intersections of forest schooling and a public school: an intrinsic case study of a Vermont kindergarten
… kindergarten classroom in Vermont is using forest schooling as part of its curriculum. The school was purposefully selected for its unique methods – a public school classroom in the United States spending one full day a week outdoors engaged in forest schooling. Research was conducted using …