Facilitating Learnscape Development, Maintenance and Use
Teachers' perceptions and self-reported practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12526868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Skamp (0000-0001-7752-2710, corresponding author), Iris Bergmann (0000-0001-7942-4559) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 333-358 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Education Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4622 • E-ISSN: 1469-5871 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504620120081241 |
| OpenAlex | W1964210253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 19 |
Learnscapes are a recent initiative of the New South Wales Department of Education and Training (NSW DET). They are generally school ground features, e.g., an edible garden, a poetry corner or a wildlife corridor, where a learning program has been designed to permit users to interact with the environment. The learning programs are to meet syllabi learning outcomes including environmental education. Learnscape design, development, and use are to involve students, teachers and the community. Teachers' perceptions of the value and impact of learnscapes in two NSW DET pilot schools are reported, as well as their self-reported involvement and use. These varied considerably, despite the majority of teachers extolling the value of learnscapes. Several 'barriers' to the effective use of learnscapes surfaced. The relationship of learnscapes to environmental education was not uppermost in most teachers' minds. Explanations are suggested and pedagogical implications discussed
Environmental education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Professional development · Sociology · Syllabus · Value (mathematics · Wildlife · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Medicine · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Psychology · Ecology
‘The toad jumps because he thinks I am lovely’
Preservice early childhood educators’ perceptions of outdoor settings as learning environments
Environmental learning in everyday life
School Grounds as Sites for Learning
Place-based education & critical pedagogies of place
Listening to teachers
Framing the Teaching Green Building
Outdoor and nature-based teaching in small, urban primary school contexts
Understanding teachers’ ‘levels of use’ of learnscapes
Geographies of environmental learning
Transformational design literacies
Reconceptualising gardening to promote inclusive education for sustainable development
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Educational Interventions That Improve Environmental Behaviors
Changing Learner Behavior Through Environmental Education
Environmental Education in the 21st Century
Schools
Influences and Experiences Affecting the Pro‐environmental Behaviour of Educators
Teaching in Natural Areas
| Citations per year | 0.52 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |