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Has Learning Outside the Classroom become a buzzword in primary education?
Written by Rebecca Green, Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University. Are the terms Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) and Forest Schools used primarily as marketing tools to attract parents to choose a particular educational setting for their child? As someone who firmly believes in the benefits of outdoor learning, I am concerned that if this…
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What does the evidence tell us about how the pandemic has affected children’s communication and language development?
Maria Reraki (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education at Edge Hill University, UK. She teaches across a number of early years programmes and supports students becoming qualified teachers in Early Years settings. Before undertaking this post, Maria was a lecturer on Special Needs at the University of Birmingham. Maria’s research and teaching…
