Moving the Classroom Outdoors: Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning in Action

Herbert W. Broda

Categories: Gardening

Moving the Classroom Outdoors: Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning in Action

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Designed to provide teachers and administrators with a range of practical suggestions for making the schoolyard a varied and viable learning resource, Moving the Classroom Outdoors presents concrete examples of how urban, suburban, and rural schools have enhanced the school site as a teaching tool. The book focuses on the practical and the specific, including ideas for seating, signage, planting considerations, teaching/meeting areas, outdoor classroom management, pathways, equipment storage, raised gardens, and more. The book also provides an outdoor activity sampler, information on incorporating technology into the outdoor learning experience, and a chapter on the unique concerns of urban schools. This book needs to be returned. 

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