Description
SCHOOLS IN AND WITH NATURE
Book Summary
This pedagogical manual positions education in and with nature as a transformative axis for rethinking public schooling and the formation of citizenship. Corine Martel and Sylvain Wagnon reclaim the natural environment as a fundamental educational space, capable of articulating knowledge, experiences, and values that can hardly be confined to the classroom. Drawing on a solid pedagogical tradition, the authors offer a work that combines theoretical reflection with practical proposals, viable and adaptable to the public education system, providing didactic keys to develop educational projects that foster curiosity, critical thinking, and eco-citizenship.
What is it about?
The book addresses the need to integrate nature into the educational process as a central element rather than a mere complement. Through its pages, the authors explain how learning outdoors allows for observing, experimenting, formulating hypotheses, and understanding the interdependence between human beings and the planet. Far from idealizing nature, the work offers a realistic and grounded vision, presenting concrete didactic proposals that seek to foster curiosity, critical thinking, eco-citizenship, and social justice. The theoretical journey ranges from Rousseau to the new education movement, providing a solid framework for educational action.
Main topics
- Pedagogy of nature and outdoor education as a transformative axis for public schools.
- Development of educational projects based on observation, experimentation, and hypothesis formulation in natural environments.
- Promotion of eco-citizenship, critical thinking, and social justice through interaction with the natural environment.
- Theoretical foundations of nature-based education, from Rousseau to new education movements.
- Practical and viable proposals to integrate nature into the public school curriculum.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at teachers, educators, and trainers seeking to innovate in their pedagogical practice and incorporate nature as a fundamental educational resource. It is also of interest to students of teaching, education sciences, and pedagogy, as well as families and individuals interested in alternative and sustainable education movements. It will be especially useful for those who wish to learn about concrete, well-founded, and adaptable didactic proposals for the public school system.
What this book contributes
- A solid theoretical framework that connects pedagogical tradition with current educational needs.
- Practical and viable didactic keys for developing outdoor educational projects in public schools.
- Tools for fostering critical thinking, eco-citizenship, and social justice through nature-based education.
- A realistic and non-idealized vision of contact with the natural environment as a learning space.
- Resources for rethinking school organization and citizenship formation from an ecological approach.
Technical specifications
- Author: MARTEL, CORINE; WAGNON, SYLVAIN
- Publisher: Kalandraka
- Language: Galician
- Topic: PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF EDUCATION
- Collection: PEDAGOGY LIBRARY
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: March 2026
- Number of pages: 200
- Weight: 516 g
Editorial review
This work makes a relevant contribution to the contemporary debate on pedagogical renewal by offering a well-founded and practical proposal for integrating nature into the public education system. The authors succeed in combining theoretical rigor with applicability, avoiding both idealization and oversimplification. The book is of interest to education professionals seeking concrete tools to transform their practice and to those who wish to understand the possibilities of outdoor education as an axis for social and ecological change.