Learning outdoors: The forest school approach

Education 3-13

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-60

  O'Brien, Liz ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Forest school; Learning outdoors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064309268     PISSN: 03004279     EISSN: 14757575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004270802291798     Document Type: Article

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