“I think that places children in a deficit model and it romanticises childhood into something that it used to be ...
'It’s messy and complex': researchers devise nature play pedagogy
Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles doesn’t buy into claims that children are suffering from nature deficit disorder.
“We haven’t always looked at environmental sciences as a leader in STEM, in terms of really opening it up, but that’s what it does in nature play…” professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles.
“We haven’t always looked at environmental sciences as a leader in STEM, in terms of really opening it up, but that’s what it does in nature play…” professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles.
This story appeared in the November 2021 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
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Year 6 Classroom Teacher - Holy Spirit Primary, Nicholls ACT
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