Joyce, Rosaleen.

Outdoor learning : past and present / Rosaleen Joyce. - Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2012. - x, 131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-123) and index.

Introduction -- Outdoor learning in historical context of childhood, 1500 to the present -- Born to be educated: John Amos Comenius (1592-1670) -- Born to learn: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) -- Born to do: Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) -- Born to breath: Margaret McMillan (1860-1931) -- Born to learn in nature: Gösta Frohm in Sweden (1908-99) -- Born to be free: Forest Schools in the UK (1950s-present) -- Conclusion.

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Outdoor education.
Elementary school teaching.