Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book

Title The outdoor classroom : educational use, landscape design & management of school grounds / [Department of Education and Science]
Published London : H.M.S.O., 1990

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  371.610941 Bil/Oce  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 72 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
Series Building bulletin ; 71
Building bulletin (Great Britain. Department of Education and Science) ; 71
Summary "This Bulletin, which draws on recent research by the Learning through Landscape project, describes the range of possible educational uses of school grounds and suggests how the necessary resources may be created and managed." Intended for use by those involved in educational use, design and management of school grounds. Curriculum emphasizes practical activities and relevent presentations of materials. Primary purpose is for planning and designing grounds, but can be used to suggest possible curriculum purposes for grounds as well
Analysis Environmental education
Outdoor education
School grounds
Notes "The material contained in the publication draws on the research of the Learning through Landscapes project sponsored by the Department of Education and Science, the Countryside Commission and a consortium of eleven local authorities."
Bibliography Bibliography: page 70
Subject Nature study -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Open plan schools.
Outdoor education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Outdoor education.
School facilities.
School gardens.
School grounds -- Designs and plans.
School grounds -- Great Britain -- Management.
School grounds.
School plant management.
Schools -- Landscape architecture.
Genre/Form Architectural drawings.
Author Billimore, Brian
Great Britain. Department of Education and Science.
ISBN 0112707300