Full Description
This book is a complete guide to Forest School provision and Nature Pedagogy and it examines the models, methods, worldviews and values that underpin teaching in nature. Cree and Robb show how a robust Nature Pedagogy can support learning, behaviour, and physical and emotional wellbeing, and, importantly, a deeper relationship with the natural world. They offer an overview of what a Forest School programme could look like through the year. The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy provides 'real-life' examples from a variety of contexts, sample session plans and detailed guidance on using language, crafting and working with the natural world. This accessible resource guides readers along the Forest School path, covering topics such as: the history of nature education; our sensory system in nature; Forest School ethos and worldview and playing and crafting in the natural world. Guiding practitioners through planning for a programme, including taking care of a woodland site and preparing all the essential policies and procedures for working with groups and nature, this book is written by dedicated Forest School and nature education experts and is essential reading for settings, schools, youth groups, families and anyone working with children and young people.
Contents
1. Nature Pedagogy, Forest School Ethos and Valuing Nature 2. History of Nature Education - the influence on the nature-based practice 3. Nature Pedagogy - the teaching within a nature-centric worldview 4. Nature Pedagogy Models 5. Our Sensory System - how nature stimulates sensory development and integration 6. Play and Nature - the ludic process and risky play 7. The Brain, Body and Place 8. Behavioural Theories - the underpinning of a healthy problem solving community 9. Strategies for creating a healthy problem-solving community 10. Planning a Nature-based Pedagogy 11. Planning to Action 12. Crafting - working with our hands in the natural world 13. Journey with Plants and Animals - working with the ecological 14. Nature's Place in the World - teaching within a nature-centric worldview
