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ERIC Number: EJ994011
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0840-8114
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Adventure into the Woods: Pathways to Forest Schools
McKinney, Kelly
Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, v24 n3 p24-27 Spr 2012
As a child the author had the ability to roam and adventure in green space. Every day as a child she had the ability to lead herself in the 700 hectares of forest that was her backyard. The ability to explore in nature alone is not a common activity for children today. A telling study from Sheffield, England (Derbyshire, 2007) highlights the way the capitalist, corporate and industrialized societies have limited the roaming abilities of children. In this article, the author talks about forest schools and shares how she began an adventure to become familiar with FS models to learn how to implement them in the urban community that she is part of. She also discusses how forest school reconnects children with ability to roam outside in nature.
Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario. 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 3C6, Canada. e-mail: info@COEO.org; Web site: http://www.coeo.org/publication.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Sheffield)
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