Keyword

forest schools

Description: Forest schools are outdoor education programs in which learners engage regularly with natural environments through practical, child-centered activities.

Primary topic: Outdoor and Experiential Education (48%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q5469195

OpenAlex ID: keywords/forest-school

Forest School and its impacts on young children: Case studies in Britain

2007 · Liz O’Brien, Richard Murray · Urban forestry & urban greening · 258

Learning outdoors: the Forest School approach

2009 · Liz O'Brien · Education 3-13 · 221

Encouraging play in the natural environment: a child-focused case study of Forest School

2012 · Nicola D. Ridgers, Zoe R. Knowles, et al. · Children s Geographies · 169

The restorative outcomes of forest school and conventional school in young people with good and poor behaviour

2011 · Jenny Roe, Peter Aspinall · Urban forestry & urban greening · 160

Forest School and Outdoor Learning in the Early Years

2013 · Sara Knight · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · 153

A critique of “Forest School” or something lost in translation

2018 · Mark Leather · Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education · 151

Learning while playing: Children's Forest School experiences in the UK

2018 · Janine K. Coates, Helena Pimlott‐Wilson · British Educational Research Journal · 150

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Comparing apples and pears?: a conceptual framework for understanding forms of outdoor learning through comparison of English Forest Schools and Danish udeskole

2015 · Sue Waite, Mads Bølling, et al. · Environmental Education Research · 146

A comparison between children's physical activity levels at school and learning in an outdoor environment

2007 · Erik Mygind · Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning · 125

A comparison of childrens’ statements about social relations and teaching in the classroom and in the outdoor environment

2009 · Erik Mygind · Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning · 121

Outdoor learning spaces: The case of forest school

2017 · Frances Harris · Area · 118

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Forest Schools in Great Britain: An Initial Exploration

2007 · Trisha Maynard · Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood · 114

The nature of learning at forest school: practitioners' perspectives

2015 · Frances Harris · Education 3-13 · 112

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Outdoor risky play and healthy child development in the shadow of the “risk society”: A forest and nature school perspective

2017 · Nevin J. Harper · Child & Youth Services · 109

The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors

2018 · Mel McCree, Roger Cutting, et al. · Early Child Development and Care · 96

Encounters with Forest School and Foucault: a risky business?

2007 · Trisha Maynard · Education 3-13 · 96

Forest Schools and Outdoor Learning in the Early Years

2011 · Tori Derr · Children Youth and Environments · 95

Stress in School. Some Empirical Hints on the Circadian Cortisol Rhythm of Children in Outdoor and Indoor Classes

2017 · Ulrich Dettweiler, Christoph Becker, et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 84

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An Australian perspective of a forest school: shaping a sense of place to support learning

2015 · Fiona Cumming, Melanie Nash · Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning · 82

Children Learning Outside the Classroom: From Birth to Eleven

2017 · Sue Waite · 81

Developing a relationship with nature and place: the potential role of forest school

2021 · Frances Harris · Environmental Education Research · 78

Geographies of Alternative Education: Diverse Learning Spaces for Children and Young People

2013 · Peter Kraftl · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 75

Forest School for wellbeing: an environment in which young people can ‘take what they need’

2020 · Lucy S E Tiplady, Harriet Menter · Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning · 71

Forest Schools and environmental attitudes: A case study of children aged 8–11 years

2015 · Christina Turtle, Ian Convery, et al. · Cogent Education · 70

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What is different about Forest School? Creating a space for an alternative pedagogy in England

2018 · Sue Waite, Alice Goodenough · Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education · 69

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Citation count: 6,218