Forest School Secrets

This episode addresses what exactly is Forest School and looks to break down each part of my given definition into it’s simplest form to help you understand some of educational technobabble.

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This episode explores 7 ways in which a forest school leader facilitates or helps learning at forest school and how these benefit both learner and leader’s development. 

Schema: Jean Piaget

Scaffolding: Lev Vygotsky

Metacognition.; Aristotle

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This episode looks at what makes Forest School so addictive for the children, me and I suppose other practitioners alike. After some pondering I believe it comes down to 4 key themes which are explored in this episode.

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This episode identifies how forest school builds resilience within children. It begins by identifying what and indeed why resilience is important followed by a dissection of two key ways in which it is facilitated at Forest School

Facebook Live Q and A on Anxiety and 5 ways to mange it in children

This episode  identifies how, for children, learning to fit in is crucial to their social development. It progresses onto suggest two simple but highly effective ways to help your child if they are struggling with this. The episode concludes by briefly identifying how Forest School can help a child develop socially, highlighting three key facets

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This episode pulls out something I mentioned in the last (Episode 1)  and goes deeper into what I referred too was my second realisation that I’d  had years later during my teaching career.  That is how all Schools are not the same and success or failure for a teacher, at least, is down to their ability to fit into the mould set out by a school .  The episode goes onto question whether this is the same for children and a potential solution.

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In this our first episode of Leading From The Forest, I begin where all new podcasts should, at the beginning, This is an evocative journey into my past outlining the origin story behind Eco Ed Forest School and how I came to lead from the forest.

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