About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of outdoor learning and its impact on relationships among children, educators, and families.

I was recently reading the March - April 2026, issue of Science and Children, a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue I read an article written by Mary Starr, Jordan Sherry-Wagner, Carrie Tzou, Megan Bang, Shirin Vossoughi, and Anna Lees. They wrote an article entitled "Place Matters." Outdoor learning is not simply a change in instructional setting, but a shift in relationships among children, educators, families, and the socio-ecological systems they inhabit. Outdoor learning, when historicized and relationally grounded, becomes a practice of responsibility, connection, and future-making.

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Host: David Bydlowski

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Organizations: National Science Teaching Association

Books & works: Place Matters, Science and Children

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