Children Learning Outside the Classroom: From Birth to Eleven

The new edition of this bestselling textbook continues to help students and professionals understand the importance of getting children learning outside the traditional classroom, and is packed full of creative information and ideas for teachers and practitioners to incorporate outdoor activities throughout the school curriculum. Significantly revised and updated the second edition now includes 7 brand new chapters on: Methods of assessment and evaluation Global perspectives on outdoor learning Developing whole school approaches to indoor and outdoor teaching Technology and its role outside the classroom Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and learning outdoors Forest School The environmental sector and outdoor learning Whether you're training to become a teacher, or already working in the classroom, this book demonstrates how the outdoor environment is enriching learning opportunities for children and deepening their connections with the natural world. NOW FEATURING! Online resources that include free SAGE journal articles, weblinks, annotated further readings and video to help translate theory into real life practice. Sue Waite will be discussing key ideas from Children Learning Outside the Classroom: From Birth to Eleven in the SAGE Early Years Masterclass, a free professional development experience hosted by Kathy Brodie. To sign up, or for more information,

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Sue Waite Section 1: THINKING ACROSS THE WHOLE 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Learning Outside the Classroom – Relationships Between Learning and Place - Sue Waite and Nick Pratt 2. Methods of Assessment and Evaluation for Learning Outside the Classroom - Sue Waite, Orlando Rutter and Adrian Fowle 3. What is the change? Evaluating the Moorland Classroom’s Effect on Children - David Gurnett and David Weatherly 4. A Global View of Learning Outside the Classroom - Peter Bensten, Susanno Ho, Tonia Gray and Sue Waite Section 2: OUTDOOR PRACTICE ACROSS EARLY YEARS AND PRIMARY 5. Very Young Children Learning Outdoors: Its Place in the Schooling System - Valerie Huggins and Karen Wickett 6. Developing Whole School Approaches to Integrated Indoor / Outdoor Teaching - Simon Beames, Beth Christie and Ian Blackwell 7. Outdoor Pedagogies in Support of Transition from Foundation Stage to Year 1 - Sue Rogers, Sue Waite and Julie Evans 8. Technology and its Role Outside the Classroom - Miles Opie, Keith Ansell and Emma Goto 9. Special Educational Needs and Disability and Learning Outside the Classroom - Roger Hooper Section 3: CURRICULUM AREAS 10. English, Communication and Language and Language Outside the Classroom - Howard Cotton 11. Understanding Mathematics Outside the Classroom - Nick Pratt 12. Science and Technology Outside the Classroom: Embedding Learning Outside the Classroom into the Science National Curriculum - Beth Gompertz and Kelly Davis 13. Understanding Places and People Through History and Geography Outside the Classroom - James Bettany, Roger Cutting and Orla Kelly 14. The Arts - Lesley Cusworth 15. Physical Development, Health and Well-Being: the role of Physical Education - Michelle Roberts and Debbie Lambert Section 4: PARTNERS AND PROGRESSION 16. The Renaissance of Residential Experiences: their Contribution to Outdoor Learning - Chris Loynes 17. Forest School: Core Principles in Changing Times - Mel McCree and Jon Cree 18. School Gardens and the School Food Plan: Contributing to a Culture of Healthy Living - Abigail Page, Myles Bremner and Rowena Passy 19. How the Outdoor Environmental Sector can Support Schools - Beth Brook 20. Making a Difference: Learning on a Grand Scale - Sue Waite