Abstract
As the benefits of outdoor learning have become of increasing interest to the education sector, so the importance of understanding and overcoming challenges associated with this pedagogy has gained greater significance. The Natural Connections Demonstration Project recruited primary, secondary, and special schools across south-west England with a view to stimulating and supporting ‘learning in the natural environment’ across the region. This research paper examines qualitative data obtained from case study visits to 12 of these schools. The results from teaching staff interviews and focus groups show that schools face many and varied challenges to embedding outdoor learning, and a raft of strategies are presented for tackling these challenges and integrating learning in the natural environment into much of the current curriculum.
DOI
10.1080/03004279.2016.1176066
Publication Date
2018
Publication Title
Education 3-13
Volume
46
Issue
1
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN
1475-7575
Deposit Date
2016-06-11
Organisational Unit
Institute of Education
Keywords
Outdoor learning, learning in the natural environment, learning outside the classroom, barriers, natural connections, curriculum learning, school grounds
First Page
49
Last Page
63
Recommended Citation
Edwards-Jones, A., Waite, S., & Passy, R. (2018) 'Falling into LINE: school strategies for overcoming challenges associated with learning in natural environments (LINE)', Education 3-13, 46(1), pp. 49-63. Taylor & Francis (Routledge): Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2016.1176066
