BERA Guide to Outdoor Learning

Lucy Sors is a senior lecturer at York St John University specialising in outdoor learning, inclusion and languages.Ruth Unsworth is a senior lecturer at University of Glasgow, UK.

• Foreword; Mark LeatherIntroduction: Encountering Ideas of Place in Outdoor Learning; Lucy Sors and Ruth UnsworthA Pause for Connection; Lucy SorsPart 1. Theorising Place-responsive Pedagogy in Outdoor LearningChapter 1. Place-responsive Pedagogy in Outdoor Learning; Lucy SorsChapter 2. Decolonising Outdoor Learning: Developing Connectedness Through Place-responsive Pedagogy beyond the Early Years in England; Lucy Sors and Louise WhitfieldChapter 3. Inclusive and Holistic Practice in Place-responsive Outdoor Learning; Lucy SorsPart 2. Place-responsive Pedagogy in ActionChapter 4. Building Connection to Place: Time and Space in Place-Based Pedagogy; Ruth UnsworthChapter 5. Mudfulness? Nurturing a Relationship with Nature Through Serendipitous Encounters with Mud; Tracy Ann HayesChapter 6. ‘No Badge Required’: A Bucket School Approach to Support Teaching and Learning in the Outdoors; Louise Hawxwell and Nicky BoltonPart 3. Continuing the Journey of Place-responsive Pedagogy in Outdoor LearningChapter 7. The Next Generation of Learning Outside: Fostering Place-responsive Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education; Lucy Sors, Jen Huntsley, and Stephanie JachChapter 8. Continuing the Journey of Place-Responsive Pedagogy in Outdoor Learning; Ruth Unsworth and Lucy Sors

The BERA Guide to Outdoor Learning: Place-Responsive Pedagogy in Educational Research and Practice offers an inspiring exploration of outdoor education through the lens of place-responsiveness. It is a timely and welcome contribution to the growing literature on outdoor learning that underscores the importance of taking education outdoors to provide children and young people with opportunities to directly engage and interact with the world around them. Organised in two parts, the book first blends theoretical insights with practical advice for place-pedagogy before moving on to provide examples of place-based pedagogy in action. With a commitment to experiential learning, this book challenges practitioners to slow down and thoughtfully engage students with their locality thus embracing outdoor learning as a transformative approach to embrace the transformative power of outdoor learning to cultivate deeper connections with place, community and self through place-responsive pedagogy. It is both a call to action and a reflective guide for those seeking to create meaningful, holistic educational experiences beyond the classroom.