{"id":89,"date":"2015-03-25T14:35:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2015-03-25T17:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T17:19:57","slug":"developing-your-outdoor-learning-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/2015\/03\/25\/developing-your-outdoor-learning-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing your outdoor learning space"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cowgate<\/a>It can be challenging to find fresh and interesting approaches to learning when consumed by the daily business of education. Even when there is time to find alternative approaches, having the support and space to implement it thoughtfully\u00a0in your context can also be tricky.<\/p>\n

The national recommendations <\/a>on learning for sustainability (LfS)\u00a0and the GTCS professional standards<\/a> set out clear expectations\u00a0of practitioners demonstrating LfS in their practice. The recommendations also make clear that learners should have an opportunity for contact with nature in their\u00a0grounds on a daily basis and throughout the seasons through provision of green space for outdoor learning and play (Recommendation 4.1). <\/em><\/p>\n

A new case study <\/a>from the Children and Families team at Education Scotland offers an inspiring insight into how one early years establishment has developed a high-quality outdoor learning environment.\u00a0The video and reflective questions that accompany it provide an excellent stiumulus for professional dialogue. This dialogue and the activites and action points that stem from it\u00a0are exactly the kind of meaningful examples of CLPL referred to in the LfS report. Through engaging in a thougtful, reflective and focussed professional discussion of exisiting innovative practice, we can move another step closer to ensuring that learning for sustainability is “experienced in a transformative way by every learner in Scotland”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It can be challenging to find fresh and interesting approaches to learning when consumed by the daily business of education. Even when there is time to find alternative approaches, having the support and space to implement it thoughtfully\u00a0in your context can also be tricky. The national recommendations on learning for sustainability (LfS)\u00a0and the GTCS professional … Continue reading Developing your outdoor learning space<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7920,40149],"tags":[12464,33071,40148,40147,640],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning-for-sustainability","category-outdoor-learning","tag-clpl","tag-lfs","tag-health-and-wellbeing","tag-learning-for-sustainability","tag-outdoor-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/lfsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}