Encouraging play in the natural environment : a child-focused case study of Forest School Ridgers, Nicola D., Knowles, Zoe R. and Sayers, Jo 2012, Encouraging play in the natural environment : a child-focused case study of Forest School, Children's geographies, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 49-65, doi: 10.1080/14733285.2011.638176. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ridgers-encouragingplay-post-2012.pdf Accepted version application/pdf 277.21KB 605 Title Encouraging play in the natural environment : a child-focused case study of Forest School Author(s) Ridgers, Nicola D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Knowles, Zoe R. Sayers, Jo Journal name Children's geographies Volume number 10 Issue number 1 Start page 49 End page 65 Total pages 17 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, England Publication date 2012-02 ISSN 1473-3285 1473-3277 Keyword(s) qualitative methodology children natural play Summary There is concern that children are becoming disengaged from the natural environment and are not being afforded the opportunities to play in such environments. To examine children's perceptions, knowledge and experiences of play in the natural environment, 17 children from one school participated in small focus groups before and after a 12-week Forest School that took place within a school woodland area. Using two qualitative approaches, we found that Forest School had a positive influence on children's natural play and their knowledge of the natural world around them. Language eng DOI 10.1080/14733285.2011.638176 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Taylor & Francis Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050445 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 07 Feb 2013, 12:04:40 EST Mon, 11 Feb 2013, 14:43:32 EST Mon, 11 Feb 2013, 14:45:33 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 16:31:23 EST Tue, 30 Sep 2014, 11:33:45 EST Thu, 08 Jan 2015, 12:23:18 EST Thu, 08 Jan 2015, 12:26:51 EST Wed, 17 Aug 2016, 08:41:31 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 15:25:39 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 32 times in TR Web of Science Cited 34 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 449 Abstract Views, 946 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 07 Feb 2013, 12:04:28 EST by Jane Moschetti

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