Chapter 13

Summary:
Look beyond the classroom. The great outdoors makes for an amazing place for students to expand upon their learning and cement ideas that they are learning about. Students will become engaged and involved if they work outside on educational lessons. The author found that the level of confidence students had in themselves rose, and student had more trust in their peers. While outside lessons take more planning and sometimes you need access to people other than school staff, they are worthwhile for the students. The author gave many great ideas for incorporating the outside into your teaching in all different subject areas..

Reflection:
The idea of incorporating the outside into students learning was a really great idea that everyone in the group liked very much. Incorporating nature is a way for students to see the world around them, see their teacher as a real person, and the real-life expriences will help students recall what they learned. Teachers are not dictators, they should be facilitators. Students need to see this difference in their learing. When students and teachers have experiences such as those in the book, relationships in the classroom will be stronger, students will feel more comfortable with their teacher making asking questions, getting help, or talking through things much easier.