Forest School for All by Sara Knight

Forest School for All by Sara Knight

Helps demonstrate how to run Forest School sessions with a wide range of different age groups and in many different settings.

′Despite the variety of contributors and their projects, the editor has achieved a consistence of tone and style in the writing, which is engaging and accessible′
-Valerie Huggins, Early Years

′[The editors] lead a mystery tour of learning in nature and nature in learningI particularly delighted in the account of the practicalities of urban comprehensive pupils weaving together saplings along a trail as part of their ′Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning′. This book turns a dry Faculty of Public Health report green′ -
Times Higher Education

′Yet again Sara has managed to capture the essence of Forest School. The varied case studies explore how the Forest School ethos applies across a wide range of clients, and demonstrate precisely why so many talented and enlightened practitioners are using Forest School with learners, especially those who don′t fit in with the constraints of mainstream education′ -
Susannah Podmore, FEI Coordinator, Forestry Commission England

"Knight offers a needed addition to scholarship on outdoor and hybrid environmental curriculum, with a keen modeling accommodation for diverse and special-needs learners. The book′s strength is that it provides a methodology for implementation of outdoor experiential education curriculum and assessment in independent and charter schools." -- L.H. Taylor Jr. * CHOICE Magazine *

Sara Knight  is a teacher and Forest School leader.  She contributes to the development Forest School in the UK, publishing academic papers and books on the subject, and is a keynote speaker at conferences worldwide.  Since retiring as a University lecturer she continues to play in the woods and write about it. Sara Knight will be discussing key ideas from Forest School in Practice in the SAGE Early Years Masterclass, a free professional development experience hosted by Kathy Brodie. To sign up, or for more information, click here.

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ISBN 13	9780857020727
ISBN 10	0857020722
Title	Forest School for All
Author	Sara Knight
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2011-05-12
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.