INFLUENCE OF TEACHING IN AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM ON KINDERGARTEN CHILDRENíS COMPREHENSION AND RECALL OF A SCIENCE LESSON

Here is a very informative research article written by Kari A. Dietz on the influence of teaching in an outdoor classroom with kindergarten children. 

This research articles talks about theorist like John Dewey, Jean Piaget and Vygotsky putting their theories into practice. Also resrech done on the brain and how an outdoor classroom can benefit the development of a child's brain. Learning science outdoors and the materials that are suggested to be used. Reserch and graphs that display the benefit of implementing outdoor classroom in schools. Please check this article out, it is a long articles but has a lot of information on outdoor classroom that you will find very interesting and effective. 





For the full article visit: http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0711102-224806/unrestricted/Dietz_thesis.pdf