Outdoor Education and Play Benefit All Education
A new report from the National Wildlife Federation, Back to School: Back Outside, shows how outdoor education and time is connected with wide-ranging academic benefits including:
- 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
This corresponds with research and studies that the Children & Nature Network has synthesized in its report, Children’s Contact with the Outdoors and Nature: A Focus on Educators and Educational Settings.
The report reviews research focused on the physical, mental, and social benefits that contact with the outdoors and nature provides to children. There is a lot of information on the relationships between children’s outdoor-related behavior and their school performance and learning. Topics covered include such important programs and attributes as:
- Recess
- School gardens
- Field trips and hands-on outdoor learning
- Natural views
Also included in the report are academic benefits from outdoor learning and play, such as:
- Academic achievement
- Higher test scores
- Increased responsibility
- Community benefit
It’s wonderful to have additional research that strengthens the case that outdoor education and time in nature benefits all education.
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