Description of impact
Developed partnerships with local schools to extend the reach of Forest School practice beyond the university. Designed and delivered professional development for teachers, support staff and university students, including training Forest School Rangers who subsequently supported outdoor learning within schools. This work contributed to sustainable capacity building, enabling partner schools to establish and maintain their own Forest School provision.| Impact date | 2018 → 2025 |
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| Category of impact | Quality of Life |
| Impact level | Adoption |
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Outputs
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Forest School and Wellbeing: Promoting Psychological Wellbeing Through Nature-Based Education
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Race, power and inclusion in UK forest schools: ecofeminist and Foucauldian perspectives on decolonising outdoor education
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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An exploration of children’s experiences of the use of digital technology in forest schools
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New boundaries, undecided roles: Towards an understanding of forest schools as constructed spaces
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Forest school as a space for risk for children with social, emotional and mental health needs
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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An Exploration of Children’s Experiences of the Use of Digital Technology in Forest Schools
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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The University Forest School Space in England: taking seminars outdoors for early years undergraduates
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Taking seminars outdoors in nature: Alternative learning spaces in Higher Education
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Reimagining Learning: Power, Risk, and Place in Forest Schools
Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Evaluating LJMU Forest School Programme for Schools: staff and student partnership
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Children’s Experiences of using Digital Technology in UK Forest Schools.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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A systematic review of forest schools literature in England
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the Theoretical Foundations of Forest School Pedagogy: Autonomy, Risk and Social Constructivism in an English Context
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Challenging gender and power dynamics in Forest Schools: an ecofeminist perspective
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constructions of Space: Exploring Photographic Images in Forest School
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Foucault and Power: UK Forest School as a socially constructed space for early years teachers and Forest School leaders
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The case for space in the co-construction of risk in UK Forest School.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Same Actors, Undecided Roles: Towards an Understanding of Forest Schools as Sites of Knowledge Construction.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Eco-connectedness as Health Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Mechanisms of Wellbeing in Forest School Practice
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Activities
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Eco-connectedness as Health Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Mechanisms of Wellbeing in Forest School Practice
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Prizes
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Impacts
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Projects
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Forest School, Nature-Based Learning and Psychological Wellbeing
Project: Internally Funded Staff Research › WAM Personal Development Internally Funded