Children, Young People and Placemaking in Scotland – literature and policy review published
Play Scotland have published Children, Young People and Placemaking in Scotland. The review draws together how children and young people’s rights relate to place, and how and why children and young people should be further involved in place-based decision-making. Some or all of these issues also affect young adults aged [...]
Play Sufficiency Assessment progress in Parliament
Greenspace Scotland have shared news on regulations which have been laid in the Scottish Parliament to support the preparation of play sufficiency assessments in Scotland. They are due to come into force on 19 May 2023 and set out the provisions relating to the new duty which requires planning authorities [...]
Significant Scottish Outdoor Learning and Play Documents
Juliet Robertson at Creative STAR Learning Ltd has helpfully provided this list of Outdoor Learning and Play Documents (30 April 2023) with short summaries of each document and useful notes.
Outdoor Learning and Play Research Picnic 26 April 2023 1000 – 1500 Queen Margaret University
Are you an early career and experienced researcher, or a policy maker, research partner, or practitioner interested in engaging with research? You may be working in the education, welfare and health sectors in Scotland. If so, you may be interested in attending this event organised by the Scottish Outdoor Learning [...]
More kindergarten, less school for Scotland’s young children?
This TES article explores the issues of delaying school start to extend the play based pedagogy for young children, and the implications for the staff resource. Children in Scotland shared the link in their latest news bulletin: ‘Kindergarten stage’ in Scotland: what must happen to make it work TES Scotland [...]
High Quality Outdoor Learning: Evidence-based Education outside the Classroom for Children, Teachers and Society
SILVIVA, the Swiss Foundation for Nature-based Education, together with the University of Education Heidelberg and more than 30 international experts, have published a new anthology. This brings together the most important research results and arguments why "outdoor learning" must be a central element of a viable education for the 21th [...]
Outdoor education has psychological, cognitive and physical health benefits for children
This article in The Conversation (18 July 2022) describes outdoor education and research on teacher outdoor practice in Canada. It includes key messages for policy makers.
How can we pay attention to the climate and extinction crises?
This article in The Conversation (27 January 2022) explores the possible answers for policy making and mass behaviour to change, in the face of climate change and species extinction. The authors argue that, for this to happen, ‘we need to develop an emotional, rather than merely intellectual, relationship with the [...]
