Outdoor Learning Environments : Spaces for exploration, discovery and risk-taking in the early years (Hardcover)

List of tables and figures Contributors1. Why do outdoor play and learning matter?PART I: Outdoor environments as pedagogical spaces2. Risk-taking in outdoor play: Challenges and possibilities3. Green outdoor environments: Settings for promoting children's health and wellbeing 4. Caring for the environment: Towards sustainable futures5. Birds and babies: A meeting of speciesPART II: Designing and planning for outdoor learning6. Planning outdoor learning environments7. Application of standards and regulations to early years outdoor playspaces PART III: Children's voices8. Strengthening children's agency in outdoor learning environments 9. The private play places of childhood10. Creating a school playground in Papua New Guinea: A participatory approach with young children PART IV: Cultural perspectives11. Indigenous perspectives on outdoor learning environments: On Country learning 12. Outdoor play in Norwegian and Australian early years settings: Differences in theory, pedagogy and practice PART V: The outdoors and beyond13. Beyond the fence: Exploring forest preschool/school approaches in Australia 14. Urban environments and outdoor learningAcknowledgements Index