Prof. Helen Bilton (Professor of Outdoor Learning, University of Reading’s Institute of Education) talks about her ongoing research about the role of outdoor learning on young children’s development.
This video is part of a series of videos featuring research staff at the University of Reading’s Institute of Education answering ‘big questions’ about education.
For more details about Prof. Bilton’s research, visit her research profile page here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/education/a... and her website here: http://drhelenbilton.com/

You can also read her publications below:

Bilton, H. (2010). Outdoor Learning in the Early Years. Management and Innovation (3rd ed.). Abingdon: Routledge.

Bilton, H., Bento, G. & Dias, G. (2017). Taking the first steps outside. Under threes learning and developing in the natural environment. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bilton, H. & Crook, A. (2016). Exploring outdoors ages 311. A guide for schools. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bilton, H. & Waters, J. (2017). Why take young children outside? A critical consideration of the professed aims for outdoor learning in the early years by teachers from England and Wales. Social Sciences, 6 (1), 116. doi:10.3390/socsci6010001