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What is the value of nature pedagogy in primary education?

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The Value of Nature Learning outdoors can improve a child's outlook on nature. Nature gives children a wide perspective of an understanding about the environment (baytrust 2015. p.6)  If children were to be involved when participating outdoors it would benefit them when it comes to environmental learning outcomes such as understanding nature, connecting with nature through their senses and being mindful of their surroundings, which can lead onto gravitating towards their emotions (baytrust, 2015. p.7).  Being outdoors can teach children a range of people skills, teamwork, help us learn about the world around us, experimenting with nature, using environmental resources to create projects. Projects can include music making, using a wide range of resources; logs, trees, bushes, any unnatural resources found could also be part of the project. Involving the children in this can lead onto more creative ideas such as learning about materials, What's natural? What's not na

Class sizes

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   Small classrooms                                                                                                         Large Classrooms If schools were to reduce class sizes it could possibly have a negative impact on the school's environment, by this, meaning needing much more space than some schools already has, as many may only have the required amount of room for pupils (Simpson, 2010). This cost have an effect on the school's budget as they would need to find funding to increase the amount of rooms needed. A matter of fact they may need to add-on a new building altogether just to gain access to more classrooms. If schools have already got extra room these rooms may be already being used for subjects such as IT suite, music room etc. Would schools be willing to give up these rooms to then be used for extra classrooms.  Furthermore, schools would have to take on more staff, more TA staff and QT staff and if class sizes are too big schools