As we are all aware, education is more than just the acquisition of knowledge and improving young people’s understanding, skills, values and personal development can significantly enhance learning and achievement.
Learning outside the classroom is about raising achievement through an organised, powerful approach to learning in which direct experience is of prime importance. This is not only about what we learn but importantly how and where we learn.
Ultimately, outside the classroom learning experiences can take place in a wide range of places including nature reserves and wild places; farms and parks; city centres, field study centres; farms and the countryside; remote wild and adventurous places; heritage and cultural sites; zoos and botanic gardens; places of worship; museums, theatres, galleries and music venues or and on cultural, language or subject related school tours abroad.
Note: some content on this page is sourced from the Manifesto for Learning Outside of the Classroom, an initiative supported by NST.
