Dirty Teaching

A Beginner's Guide to Learning Outdoors

By: Juliet Robertson


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Attribute nameAttribute value
Size182 x 222mm
Pages224
ISBN9781781351079
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2014

Juliet Robertson offers tips and tricks to help any primary school teacher kick-start or further develop their outdoor practice.

One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and this book will give you the confidence to do just that. Drawing on academic research, Juliet explains why learning outdoors is so beneficial and provides plenty of tips and activities to help you to integrate outdoor learning into your teaching practice, providing a broad range of engaging outdoor experiences for your students.

There is no need for expensive tools or complicated technologies: all you need is your coat and a passion for learning – oh, and you’d better bring the kids too!

Topics covered include: forest schools, learning outside the classroom, outdoor education, nature activities, caring for the environment, play in schools, investigative play, urban outdoor activities, problem solving, creative thinking and strategies for supporting curriculum objectives.

For all primary practitioners who want to shake up their usual classroom routine and discover the benefits of teaching outdoors.

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • The Golden Principles of Teaching Outdoors
  • Before You Go Outside
  • The First Few Sessions
  • Thinking, Reflecting and Reviewing
  • Creating and Constructing
  • A Sense of Adventure
  • Exploring What’s Out There
  • Caring for Nature
  • What to do in Concrete Jungles
  • Keeping the Momentum Going
  • Nagging Doubts, Fears and Worries
  • Embedding Outdoor Learning
  • Cross Reference of Ideas to Subject Areas
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Dirty Teaching was a finalist in the Non-Fiction People’s Book Prize Winter 2014 collection.




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Juliet Robertson

Juliet Robertson received an unexpected blood cancer diagnosis at the end of 2020 which altered her life trajectory. Juliet began writing poetry in 2021 as a way of making sense of her illness, treatment and prognosis. She discovered that sharing her poetry was a gateway to necessary, but not easy, conversations with family and friends.

Prior to this Juliet was an education consultant specialising in outdoor learning and play and the author of two popular books, Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths. In 2024 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Education from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in recognition of her pioneering work and significant contribution to education.

She has written updates on her health journey which can be read here: https://www.caringbridge.org/site/3cff3025-9dbd-3bad-88a0-6df7d9f2008d

She expands upon her poetry here: https://julietrobertson.substack.com/


Click here to listen in on Juliet's podcast with Pivotal Education: A Yearning for Outdoor Learning'.

Click here to listen to Juliet's podcast with Professional Learning International.

Click here to read Juliet Robertson’s blog.

 


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