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Tim Gill  is an independent scholar, advocate and consultant on childhood. His website and blog focuses on the changing nature of children’s play and free time, and their evolving relationships with the people and places around them. Tim argues for a balanced, thoughtful approach to risk in childhood: a position set out in his 2007 book No Fear: Growing up in a risk averse society  Tim is a longstanding advocate for child-friendly urban planning and design and supporter of the Playing Out movement.

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Author: Tim Gill

Subject Area: Risk, urban planning

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Host Kevin Mulryne and Behaviour Specialist Paul Dix interview leading Scottish outdoor educator, and former Head Teacher Juliet Robertson. Author of popular outdoor teaching resources Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths, Juliet discusses planning, environments, risk taking, health and safety, curriculum content, quality and efficiency. Contains many supporting statements and practical ideas for educators looking to take the leap into outdoor learning. Essential listening.

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Length: 44m : 15s

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Launched in 2015 for anyone interested in outdoor learning, this blog has many contributors building on a collaborative model to raise awareness of quality examples of evidence and delivery of learning outside the classroom (LOtC). Key topics are based around themes and challenges including use of school grounds, use of local green spaces, building teacher confidence, embedding outdoor teaching into the curriculum, looking at evidence around benefits of learning outdoors and health and wellbeing.

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A great outdoor learning resource from Canada. Includes lesson plans by age group, lists for learning kits, outdoor teaching strategies and a reference sheet detailing the benefits of incorporating nearby nature into the everyday curriculum.

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