The importance of Learning outside the classroom

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The importance of Learning outside the classroom

• James Hindson
• SenseSustainability

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The importance of Learning outside the classroom
About me
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The importance of Learning outside the classroom

• What I hope to say!
• Introduction
• The evidence that out of classroom learning works
• Support for out of classroom learning
• The issue of quality
• The question of purpose for the planet?

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The importance of Learning outside the classroom

• What are we talking about?
• Huge variation and change
• Ofsted
• These include day and residential visits, field
  studies, investigations conducted in the local
  area, sporting events, and music and drama
  productions. In organising such activities,
  schools and colleges have
• often drawn on the services of a range of
• providers, including commercially run
• outdoor education and sport centres,
• as well as the education departments
• of museums, art galleries, theatres and
• concert halls.
• Learning outside the classroom
• how far should you go? 2008 Report
• Ofsted

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The importance of Learning outside the classroom

• A lot of out of classroom activity happens
• Approximately 7 million pupil visits take
• place every year for example
• MORI (2004) - 67 of secondary
• schools provided field trips
• 86 of primary and 99 of secondary
• schools offer pupils at least on
• residential opportunity

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The importance of Learning outside the classroom

• But even so its not universal
• The majority of the primary and secondary
  schools in the survey did not recognise the value
  of fieldwork sufficiently and did not fulfil the
  requirement to provide it Ofsted Report on
  Geography
• Not all schools and
• colleges are reaping the full benefits,
• because some do not incorporate
• many off-site experiences into the
• curriculum
• Learning outside the classroom
• how far should you go? 2008 Report
• Ofsted

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The importance of Learning outside the classroom

• All of us at this probably believe
• that learning out of the classroom is
• important.
• But why?
• It can be expensive
• It is sometimes difficult to
• organise
• It needs special skills from teachers
• There are safety issues
• It can take more time
• It is difficult to organise for all children
• And sometime damages the environment
• So why do we do it?