Learning through Landscapes: An Organization's Attempt to Move School Grounds to the Top of the Educational Agenda

Bill Lucas
Learning Through Landscapes
Winchester, UK

Citation: Lucas, Bill (1995). "Learning through Landscapes: An Organization's Attempt to Move School Grounds to the Top of the Educational Agenda." Children's Environments 12 (2): 84-101. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

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Abstract

This article describes the development of Learning through Landscapes (LTL) from a research initiative into an independent national organization promoting the widespread development of school grounds. It outlines LTL's philosophy and suggests a model for managing the process of developing school grounds. It explores LTL's innovative program of activities in some detail by describing its publications, research, and projects. It outlines its various membership schemes for the 8,000 or so schools it serves in the United Kingdom.

Keywords: schoolgrounds, formal curriculum, informal curriculum, hidden curriculum, children, UK