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Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool, K–8 HERBERT W. BRODA
Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning shows how the school grounds—regardless of whether your school is in an urban, suburban, or rural setting—can become an enriching extension of the classroom. In this comprehensive handbook, Herb Broda blends theory and practice, providing readers with practical suggestions and teacher-tested activities for using the most powerful audio-visual tool available—the outdoors.
Emphasizing the practical, this innovative book offers teachers step-by-step guidance to help ensure success when they take a class outside. It provides:
Background that helps present the case for outdoor learning: educational theory that supports the concept; overview of the terminology; research on the benefi ts related to student achievement; alignment of outdoor learning with current teaching practices.
Ideas for making the schoolyard an effective outdoor classroom: the planning process; enhancing and
maintaining the site; developing gardens and attracting wildlife; fi nding community resources and funding.
Advice on working with a class outdoors: garnering administrative and parental support; considerations before going out; making the most of your outdoor time; using GPS as an educational tool; building the outdoor experience back in the classroom.
An array of proven activities that utilize the schoolyard: activities related to specifi c subject areas; activities that teach process skills; activities that encourage initiative and build community.
At a time when children’s natural curiosity about the outdoors is eclipsed by the demands of busy schedules and the ever-present glow of video screens, schools may be the only place where they are encouraged to interact with nature. Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning can help teachers unlock the powerful learning experiences that exist just beyond the classroom door.
2007 • 192 pp/paper • 8G-0729 • $17.50 Preview the book online at
www.stenhouse.com/
0729.asp
ORDERS: U.S.: Stenhouse Publishers
800-988-9812
www.stenhouse.com Canada: Pembroke Publishers 800-997-9807
www.pembrokepublishers.com Green
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