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Kelly, Orla; Buckley, Karen; Lieberman, Lauren J.; Arndt, Katrina – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2022
This article proposes the application of the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework for promoting inclusion in outdoor learning in primary school settings. The authors conceptualise outdoor learning, highlighting the potential for more child-initiated experiential learning. Yet this paper is not concerned only with…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Access to Education, Outdoor Education, Elementary School Students
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Sherry, Cathy – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2022
Food gardens are an underdeveloped resource for teaching and research in Australian universities. While some campuses have food or botanical gardens, outside the biological or physical sciences food growing is not routinely incorporated into mainstream curricula. This article investigates why and how we might change this. It examines universities'…
Descriptors: Gardening, Food, Higher Education, Science Education
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Schwass, Nicholas R.; Potter, Stephanie E.; O'Connell, Timothy S.; Potter, Tom G. – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2021
Humans struggle to comprehend, appreciate, and protect natural environments when they have had minimal or no exposure to these spaces. While there are many theoretical explanations for this bifurcation between humans and nature, there is an absence of wide-ranging solutions to address the issue. With a dramatic global shift towards a swelling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
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Winje, Øystein; Løndal, Knut – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2021
This study investigates teachers' intentions and practices related to teaching outside the classroom. We report on three months of fieldwork consisting of participatory observations and qualitative interviews of teachers in two Norwegian primary schools practising weekly "uteskole" [outdoor school]. We find that the teachers' intentions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Outdoor Education, Educational Practices
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Cincera, Jan; Zalesak, Jan; Kolenaty, Miloslav; Simonova, Petra; Johnson, Bruce – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2021
The ways in which residential outdoor environmental education programs are perceived by the teachers accompanying their elementary school students have rarely been investigated. In this study, interviews were conducted with 17 elementary school teachers who had participated in one of five selected residential programs in the Czech Republic in…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
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Christensen, Jacob Højgaard; Wistoft, Karen – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2019
This article maps out existing research regarding the effectiveness of subject-integrated school garden teaching. The school subjects of interest are mathematics, languages and science, and subject integration is defined as a link between these subjects and school garden teaching. The article is based on an integrative review and is derived from…
Descriptors: Gardening, Interdisciplinary Approach, Outdoor Education, Mathematics Instruction