Editorial: Wellbeing and being outdoors
Over the past year, as we have been forced to slow down and restrict our activities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is has become apparent just how important it is for our health and...
Blog Special Issues
There has recently been a surge of interest in the links between outdoor learning and wellbeing. The global education community has been sharing inspirational work that aims to support educators to take their teaching and learning outside.
This special issue of the BERA Blog focuses on the five ‘ways to wellbeing’ – taking notice, connecting, learning, being active and giving – while adding a sixth: ‘slowing down’. Featuring contributors from New Zealand, India, Finland, Slovenia and the UK, the collection provides a range of perspectives on contributing to wellbeing, as well as practical steps that we can take ourselves, share with others, and incorporate into everyday teaching.
Over the past year, as we have been forced to slow down and restrict our activities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is has become apparent just how important it is for our health and...
‘In that earliest childhood, we get those invisible glasses through which we look at the world all our lives, and these glasses color our views.’ Lainšček, 2020 This beautiful quote from...
KO AHAU TE AWA KO TE AWA KO AHAU I AM THE RIVER, AND THE RIVER IS ME Pleasurable experiences in nature can lead to the development of a positive attitude and active engagement with the natural...
MIND (2021) has adopted the New Economic Foundation’s Five Ways to Wellbeing and underscores that ‘keeping learning’ is one of the foundations of maintaining one’s wellbeing. In this blog...
Playground closures due to the ongoing pandemic have led to urgent calls for city councils and authorities in the UK to keep play spaces open. Parents and experts reason that home isolation has...
We have a fine tradition of volunteering in the UK, supported by a valuable network of volunteer centres in communities. Research suggests that two hours of giving a week improves health, and...
A few years ago, I come across the term ‘dawdling’ in the adventure education context. As a non-native English speaker, I googled the term while listening to a lecture on aesthetic processes...
Continue reading blog postMIND (2021) has adopted the New Economic Foundation’s Five Ways to Wellbeing and underscores that ‘keeping learning’ is one of the foundations of maintaining one’s wellbeing. In this blog...
Continue reading blog postPlayground closures due to the ongoing pandemic have led to urgent calls for city councils and authorities in the UK to keep play spaces open. Parents and experts reason that home isolation has...
Continue reading blog postWe have a fine tradition of volunteering in the UK, supported by a valuable network of volunteer centres in communities. Research suggests that two hours of giving a week improves health, and...
Continue reading blog postKO AHAU TE AWA KO TE AWA KO AHAU I AM THE RIVER, AND THE RIVER IS ME Pleasurable experiences in nature can lead to the development of a positive attitude and active engagement with the natural...
Continue reading blog postOver the past year, as we have been forced to slow down and restrict our activities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is has become apparent just how important it is for our health and...
Continue reading blog post‘In that earliest childhood, we get those invisible glasses through which we look at the world all our lives, and these glasses color our views.’ Lainšček, 2020 This beautiful quote from...
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