"We Used to Be, Learn, Teach Like This": Narratives of a Teacher About Outdoor Learning Practices

• In Event: Biographical and Life Writing Approaches Across Disciplines

Abstract

In this work I strive to learn from an educator, retired kindergarten teacher and school headmaster, about the practices they used to employ both as children and as educators almost half a century ago. As I am focusing more on outdoor learning practices my main interest is to turn to three modes of outdoor activities: unobserved children outdoor play, organised outdoor learning activities connected to particular subject matters, and child-led activities and play elevated by an adult’s presence and engagement and guidance thereafter. I am employing biographical narrative methods and oral history methods for this work. This is the first biographical interview of many that will be realised within this series of interviews.

Author

• Nicoletta Christodoulou, Frederick University
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