This book explores the phenomenon of outdoor education, an approach that permits children from all backgrounds to explore environmental, sustainability, and other issues facing them and their communities. Organized around both the conceptual and the practical issues facing school leaders interested in outdoor education, the book provides a wealth of resources for those interested in implementing outdoor education in their schools or classrooms. Infinitely flexible, outdoor education provides a lens through which teachers may explore any content area with any age group of children. Providing readers with both the theoretical underpinnings that support place-based curriculum as well as practical ways to implement an outdoor education program, the book also provides seven case studies that examine the issues facing school leaders desiring to make such a change. Outdoor Education: A Pathway to Experiential, Environmental, and Sustainable Learning guides those interested inexploring outdoor education through the curricular, instructional, and policy considerations needed to accomplish this goal.

Examines practical ways to design an effective outdoor education program Provides a comprehensive overview of the history and theory underpinning the field of outdoor education Features original data from a study of an outdoor education program in a middle-Atlantic region public school district

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Stephen T. Schroth is Professor of Early Childhood Education/Gifted & Creative Education at Towson University, USA. He is the author of 8 monographs, multiple book chapters, and numerous articles, and has taught pre-service teachers and graduate students for over 25 years.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Continual School Reform.- Chapter 2. Curriculum Development.- Chapter 3. Children and the Outdoors: The Theoretical Underpinnings.- Chapter 4. Outdoor Education & Its Benefits for Diverse Learners.- Chapter 5. Outdoor Endeavors and Group Dynamics.- Chapter 6. Creativity & Outdoor Education.- Chapter 7. Fostering Positive Change.- Chapter 8. Resistance to Change.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.