Big changes! The Great Outdoors and the Curriculum for Wales

Tinney, Glenda (2023) Big changes! The Great Outdoors and the Curriculum for Wales. FORUM for promoting 3 - 19 comprehensive education, 65 (1). pp. 63-75. ISSN 0963-8253

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Abstract

The Curriculum for Wales 2022, and the enabling learning approach which informs the development of early years provision and foundation learning, have provided a strong focus on the benefits of outdoor learning. Such learning promotes children’s curiosity, their urge toward exploration, and holistic learning. This article describes the ethos and approach of the new curriculum, with a specific focus on the significant place given to outdoor learning. It considers the opportunities offered by implementing outdoor learning within the curriculum, and the barriers to doing so, and draws on evidence from past curriculum experiences. The article addresses the implementation of outdoor learning at macro, meso and micro levels.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	outdoor learning; Curriculum for Wales; Forest School; enabling learning approach; macro, meso and micro levels; child-led play; holistic assessment
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
Divisions:	Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Childhood, Youth and Education
Depositing User:	Glenda Tinney
Date Deposited:	30 May 2023 10:05
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2023 15:12
URI:	https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2415

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