Landscapes for Learning: Creating Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth

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Sir David Attenborough, who in 2014 created their Basic Need film, [16] this refers to the basic shortage of school places currently being experienced by schools. [17] Human beings are different and learn differently. When educational models and curricula do not take into account this principle of diversity and are designed only with the average in mind, they are failing society (Escuelas Católicas, n.d.). Let us design experiences that take differences into account and integrate them so that everyone can access education fairly and equitably. Naturalistic intelligence. It is the ability to recognize and classify the many species of flora and fauna in our environment. The charity has been involved in many publications on behalf of local and national government, notably in School Grounds Design for DfEE [13] and The Good School Playground Guide for the Scottish Government. [14]

Create digital resources to share with themselves and other teachers, and even teach their students and colleagues to do so. It is very easy to reach for the ‘thing’, the play item or shiny catalogue seating system. Our experience shows that starting by changing culture, policies, attitudes and knowledge is a more sustainable and powerful starting place.

Although similar in title, our two organisations (Learning through Landscapes and Landscapes for Learning) are very different in history, experience and services provided. Learning landscapes are a pedagogical tool that allows us to create personalised educational scenarios for our students by combining comprehension activities with symbolic worlds that encourage and harness the student’s imagination for learning (Inspiratics, n.d.). Through this tool, students can learn the different contents of the subjects in an interactive way, through a story created by the teacher, who proposes a series of activities and challenges to be solved. Nearly 90% of schools reported an increase in perceived quality of the environment, by staff, pupils, parents, and community.

We now supply parents, primary schools and other early years educational settings across the UK and Ireland. We are currently expanding our product range to include: Explorers Tables, Buddy benches, Water walls, Ovens and more to accompany our unique Mud Kitchens. This is a great advantage for us as teachers, too. It is true that creating this tool involves some preparation work, but once created, they allow us to free ourselves from the routine to develop more professional and creative tasks, generating classroom time to orient and conduct a more personalized follow up with students, with all the benefits this provides for their development and learning. Plan and integrate digital technologies into the curriculum to personalise education according to the needs of their students.Bloom’s taxonomy (also known as the taxonomy of learning domains) was designed by the American psychologist and educator Benjamin Bloom and allows for a hierarchy of cognitive processes at various levels from the most basic to the most complex. After some revisions, Bloom’s taxonomy now ranks cognitive processes, from least to most complex, as follows: remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating and creating.

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At the other end of the scale we found large companies charging exorbitant prices way beyond the budgets of cash-strapped primary schools, nurseries and day care centres. This limited them to just one piece of equipment between two or three classes and parents wanting to support their children's learning at home.

But we also believe getting the children and young people’s views are essential too. They are the experts on the school grounds and they are the ones that know every nook and cranny, where the cold wind blows in the winter or where it gets baking hot in the summer, where there are signs of wildlife or where the older pupils dominate the space. They are the ones who will be outside the most and they, if we are honest, the ones with the best ideas for change! We believe it is vital they are properly part of the consultation process and we have loads of ideas of ways to engage them with this from the very young, to those thinking about careers and training when they leave school. Current applications include Duncan's research with partner college Hadlow into the conditions urban trees need to flourish, and a partnership with the Deptford community to turn Sayes Court, a derelict park which was once a glorious garden designed by 17th century diarist John Evelyn, into a horticulture centre. Animation brings our students’ attention to important concepts. That is, it allows you to easily locate the interactive areas where you discover the information we have placed in layers, increasing understanding. It also helps to prioritize content and increase motivation.Although most of our courses are half or full day, we also offer long-term training in outdoor learning and play. Both our Lead Teacher in Outdoor Learning and our Teaching in Nature programmes offer an alternative to costly and narrow-focused Forest Schools qualifications. For Early Years we offer Lead Practitioner in outdoor play and learning, Nurture Nature and Forest Kindergarten as in-depth and long-term training options. Interpersonal intelligence. It is based on the ability to perceive and distinguish other people’s moods, intentions, motivations, and feelings. Fuente: Hernando, A. (2016)cinestésica, la inteligencia intrapersonal, la inteligencia interpersonal y la inteligencia naturalista. As LtL we would always suggest that schools and early years settings focus on children’s experiences outdoors – not starting with a play item from a catalogue. We have a range of audit tools for you to use, available to members. ask for advice along the way, people who have been there before you can really help you on your own journey