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Nurture through nature: fostering early childhood students’ understanding of outdoor learning spaces through a Froebelian lens

3 Oct 2022
Nurture through nature: fostering early childhood students’ understanding of outdoor learning spaces through a Froebelian lens

School of Education colleagues Dr Alison Moore and Marcella Towler were recently awarded research funding from the Froebel Trust UK. This small-scale research pilot project investigates Early Years and Childhood Studies students’ developing understanding of outdoor learning spaces. The study will foster a reimagination of the indoor/outdoor learning environment. This is the only Irish research project to be funded by the Froebel Trust UK [funding round 2021/2022]. The research project, delivered in two phases is supported by the School of Education and the outdoor space in UCC provides the site for phase one of the study. This will enable students to understand Froebel’s pedagogy through their own lived experiences in the outdoor space. 

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Leeholme, O'Donovan's Road, Cork, Ireland

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