Chartered College of Teaching · Outdoor learning and wellbeing
As many schools across the world are reopening or preparing to reopen to more pupils - some settings are considering increasing outdoor learning in order to provide a safer learning environment where coronavirus is less likely to spread (Quian et al., 2020). However, spending more time outdoors is not only a useful strategy for limiting virus transmission, research suggests it may also be an important tool in supporting mental health - rebuilding students' wellbeing, self regulation and resilience post-lockdown. A growing body of evidence suggests that spending more time outdoors in nature is beneficial for young people's wellbeing (McCormick, 2017). One issue with drawing conclusions from research reviews and meta-analyses on outdoor learning is that they cover such a broad field of approaches, including forest schooling, field work, gardening, residential visits and many more. Due to this diversity of ap
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