Final Report
Teaching in Nature – Final Report Available from Scottish Natural Heritage at:
Pages: 50 Published: 2015
Commissioned/Research report
Further Case Studies:
https://www.nature.scot/teaching-nature-case-studies
Follow-on Project: Learning in Local Greenspace
Learning in Local Greenspace is a priority project in the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Route Map. The aim is to get pupils learning in the outdoors regularly and often by 2020. It will involve over 100 schools serving some of the most disadvantaged areas in Scotland across 10 local authorities.
https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/education/learning-local-greenspace
Impact Report – Independent evaluation:
Links to Related Research:
See:www.researchgate.net/profile/Greg_Mannion Or: stir.academia.edu/GregMannion Or: www.stir.ac.uk/people/11039
Related Report
Mannion G, Mattu, L. & Wilson, M. (2015) Teaching, learning, and play in the outdoors: a survey of school and pre-school provision in Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report, 779. Scottish Natural Heritage.www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/779.pdf
Outputs: Peer-reviewed Papers
Lynch, J., & Mannion, G. (2016). Enacting a place-responsive research methodology: walking interviews with educators. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 16(4), 330- 345. Alt Link: www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub/publication/21474
Mannion, G., Fenwick, A., Lynch, J. (2013) Place–responsive pedagogy: learning from teachers’ experiences of excursions in nature. Environmental Education Research, Vol. 19, No. 6, pp 792-809. Link: www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub/publication/8262
Ross, H. & Mannion, G. (2012) Curriculum making as the enactment of dwelling in places. Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp 303-313. Alt Link: www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub/publication/5138
Mannion, G. & Lynch, J. (2016) The primacy of place in education in outdoor settings. In Barbara Humberstone, Heather Prince, Karla A. Henderson (Eds) International Handbook of Outdoor Studies, pp 85-94. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-78288. Alt Link: www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub/publication/20379
Mannion, G. (2017) Intergenerational Education: We Are In A New Place. In S. Punch and R. Vanderbeck (eds) Family, Intergenerationality and Peer-Group Relations. London: Springer.
Mannion, G & Gilbert, J. (2015) Place-responsive Intergenerational Education. In R. Vanderbeck and N. Worth (Eds) Intergenerational Space, pp 228-241. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415- 85531 Alt Link: www.stir.ac.uk/research/hub/publication/19619
