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Potential for excellence: interdisciplinary learning outdoors is a moral enterprise

Allison, P., Carr, D. & Meldrum, G.The Curriculum Journal 23(1), 43-582012International

The article presents Scottish teachers' views of outdoor learning and proposes it as an interdisciplinary moral enterprise.

What's new

The article considers the place and status of outdoor learning in the Scottish educational system. Teachers' understandings, beliefs and values of outdoor learning are presented, and outdoor education is proposed as an interdisciplinary moral enterprise.

Why it matters in Aotearoa

Offers a way to think about outdoor learning across subjects, with values at the centre.

How strong is the evidence

Peer-reviewed article (Scotland)

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