http://www.natureofexperience.com/ 2012-02-09T10:11:25+00:00 http://www.natureofexperience.com/ http://www.natureofexperience.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-02-26T21:45:42+00:00 Dawn http://www.natureofexperience.com/doku.php?id=curriculum&rev=1298756742&do=diff 'If a curriculum is to be effective in the classroom it must contain different ways of activating children...a curriculum, in short, must contain many tracks leading to the same general goal' ~J.S. Bruner, Towards a Theory of Instruction 'And then there is the world of little things,seen all too seldom. Many children, perhaps because they themselves are small and closer to the ground than we, notice and delight in the small and inconspicuous. With this beginning, it is easy to share with t… text/html 2009-06-02T11:58:19+00:00 Dawn http://www.natureofexperience.com/doku.php?id=start&rev=1243943899&do=diff Welcome to our website. By participating in this whole school project we aim to explore and reflect on: * Our beliefs about teaching and learning * Our identities as educators/therapists * The capabilities of our children and the learning environments we offer in relation to the opportunities working with nature, and natural objects afford. text/html 2009-05-11T15:02:11+00:00 Dawn http://www.natureofexperience.com/doku.php?id=resources&rev=1242054131&do=diff Films Microcosmos-Le People de l'herbe 1996 directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennon Life in the Undergrowth programmes BBC David Attenborough <http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeintheundergrowth/video.shtml> 'Honey I shrunk the kids' 1989 Walt Disney productions Directed by Joe Johnston text/html 2009-05-11T15:00:21+00:00 Dawn http://www.natureofexperience.com/doku.php?id=natc&rev=1242054021&do=diff Liana Using nature in the classroom has given me an opportunity to engage the children in meaningful exploration of the world around them, using their own experiences and drawing from their own lives. For our community of children this has helped them to become better observers of their own environment and given them the skills to look, to process, to question. As a teacher this programme has given me a framework to expand learning possibilities, both in the classroom and outside of the classroo… text/html 2009-05-11T14:31:13+00:00 Dawn http://www.natureofexperience.com/doku.php?id=assessment&rev=1242052273&do=diff 'When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree- you have not seen them all' E.O. Wilson We have developed planning and reflection sheets that place reflective assessment at the centre of the planning process. Children in our school community also have individual self-assessment charts that they co-construct and complete with an LSA/teacher or therapist. Our science lessons are planned around specific learning modalities that can overlap or remain distinct depending on a child's ways of eng…