Tag: Nature
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NEN Discuss: Forest School
An Overview of Forest School In the past, formal links between formal classroom education and the outdoor environment were unnecessary due to the freedom, opportunity and time children had to be outside as part of their daily lives. During this time, they naturally acquired practical skills and knowledge that applied to various aspects of their…
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NEN Discuss: Gesell’s Maturation Theory
What is Maturation Theory? This theory of physical and cognitive development links to the thinking of the Motor-Development school of thought. To fully understand Gesell’s theory, an understanding of the term maturation is needed. Maturation, therefore, is the process of growth and development that an individual experiences and that maturation is not a singular event…
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