Post on 20-Jun-2015
Join the Movement!By: Charly Trepanier
Lets Blow This Popsicle StandIts time education got a little messy
Back to School: Back Outside
improved classroom behavior,
increased student motivation and enthusiasm to learn,
better performance in math, science, reading and social studies,
reduced Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),
higher scores on standardized tests (including college entrance exams),
help under-resourced, low-income students perform measurably better in school.
What happened
?
Outdoor Learning – Paul Jeffery
What did he find? By looking at
graph 5, overall after taking summer school and learning in the outdoors, a higher percentage of the boys wanted to have their class time spent in the outdoors.
The graph shows that a number of girls seemed to change their minds about learning in the outdoors from the first to last day. The overall percentage increased for how much of their future class time that is spent learning in the outdoors.
Landa Park
Wurstfest!
Natural Bridge Caverns
Teach What Matters
Historic District
JNTR
Guadalupe River
Teach involvement
REFERENCES Coyle, K. (n.d.). Back to School: Back
Outside - National Wildlife Federation. Home - National Wildlife Federation. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Get-Outside/2010/09-01-10-Back-to-School.aspx
Jeffery, P. (2006). Master of Arts in Education: Natural Science and Environmental Education. OUTDOOR LEARNING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CLASSROOM FOR STRUGGLING STUDENTS: DOES IT INCREASE MOTIVATION AND ENTHUSIASM?, 1(1), 1-99.