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Independent Thinking Press

Dirty Teaching

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I've known Juliet - Creative Star - for years as one of the foremost educators and advocates for outdoor learning. A Winston Churchill Fellow, she's travelled the world to understand best how to make outdoor lessons really amazing. This how to guide has everything in it for the complete beginner and the practiced hand...

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Juliet Robertson offers tips and tricks to help any primary school teacher to kick-start or further develop their outdoor practice. One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and this book will give you the confidence to do just that. Drawing on academic research, Juliet explains why learning outdoors is so beneficial and provides plenty of tips and activities to help you to integrate outdoor learning into your teaching practice, providing a broad range of engaging outdoor experiences for your students.

There is no need for expensive tools or complicated technologies: all you need is your coat and a passion for learning oh, and you'd better bring the kids too!

Topics covered include: forest schools, learning outside the classroom, outdoor education, nature activities, caring for the environment, play in schools, investigative play, urban outdoor activities, problem solving, creative thinking and strategies for supporting curriculum objectives.

For all primary practitioners who want to shake up their usual classroom routine and discover the benefits of teaching outdoors.

Reviews are consistently 5* and it's topped the Early Years bestseller lists since publication.

'This is a wonderful book and importantly it's useful! Great for teachers but also excellent for parents wanting to drag their kids away from a screen. I can't recommend it highly enough!'
Chief Brody on 1 Oct. 2014