Bush Kinder in Australia: A New Learning 'Place' and Its Effect on Local Policy

Autor/inn/en	Campbell, Coral; Speldewinde, Christopher
Titel	Bush Kinder in Australia: A New Learning 'Place' and Its Effect on Local Policy
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 17 (2019) 4, S.541-559 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.1177/1478210317753028
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; Outdoor Education; Educational Policy; Learning Experience; Place Based Education; Foreign Countries; Preschool Education; Program Descriptions; Pilot Projects; Correlation; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Forestry; Vignettes; Teaching Methods; Case Studies; Video Technology; Outcomes of Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiluftunterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernerfahrung; Ausland; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Korrelation; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Australien
Abstract	Bush kindergartens are a new practice in the Australian early childhood learning context and one that is rapidly becoming part of the kindergarten experience. Children leaving the confines of the bounded space of a kindergarten has been practised through excursions to outdoor places like zoos but the notion of conducting regular, ongoing kindergarten sessions away from the traditional kindergarten setting is one which is gaining momentum in Australian early childhood education, with possible impacts on future policy. In late 2014, a pilot programme titled 'Sandy Shores Kids Go Bush' was established across bush kindergartens in a region on the coastal fringe of south-eastern Australia using five existing sites. Each of these sites has differing characteristics impacting upon the experience of children attending the bush kinder programme. This paper reviews the settings of three different interpretations of 'bush kinder' and considers how the learning experience associated with bush kinder varies according to 'place' and how bush kinder has impact on both local and broader education policy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01