Conference paper given at Anglia Ruskin University conference “Reclaiming Relational Pedagogy in...
- Helen Flaherty
- Jul 25, 2020
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Conference paper given at Anglia Ruskin University conference “Reclaiming Relational Pedagogy in Early Childhood: Learning from International Experience”
April 19th to 21st April 2007
Abstract: This paper starts with the claim that Forest School is all about relationships, between children and their environment certainly, but also between each other and between the adults in the wood with them. It describes how the Forest School movement started in the UK in Bridgewater in the 1990s, since when it has slowly spread north and east. It describes the author’s involvement in establishing Forest Schools and associated training in East Anglia, and her current research project in Suffolk.
The paper then goes on to look at the benefits of Forest School to young children, and how this is facilitated. It goes on to distil from this the ethos of Forest School in the UK, and to state the author’s belief in Forest School as an ideal learning environment for young children. It ends with a plea to practitioners to record and share their experiences.
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