TAPROOT Journal
Are you a professional educator who teaches for, in, or about the natural world? Our latest issue contains the following articles:
A Visual Exploration of Schools and Prisons
By Michael A. Anderson
Outdoor Learning at Tuckahoe Elementary School – An Interview with Mary McLean and Cynthia Brown
By Charles Yaple
An Overview of Outdoor Experiential Education in Canadian K-12 Schools: What Has Been and What Is
By Mary Breunig & Tim O’Connell
Trends and Issues in Outdoor Adventure Programming: Perspectives from Practitioners and Scholars
By Tom Holman, Andrew J. Bobilya, and Leo McAvoy
Review - In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids’ Inner Wildness
By Chris Mercogliano
Reviewed by Charles Yaple
Review - Where Do the Children Play? (DVD)
By Alliance for Childhood & Michigan Television
Reviewed by Charles Yaple
Review - Wind the World Over
By Irene Roland and Vanessa Kellogg
Reviewed by Michael A. Anderson
Review - Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool, K-8
By Herbert W. Broda
Reviewed by Charles Yaple
Resources:
TAPROOT is known for its lengthy and comprehensive Resource section. You'll find a listing of close to 100 new resources with every issue, everything from audio-visual supplies and curriculum guides, to newsletters and special reports. You won't find that anywhere else.
Features:
Every issue of TAPROOT will go into depth with several feature articles. Regular topics include ethics, current trends, and new philosophies of outdoor education.
News Briefs:
The News briefs found in TAPROOT will make you smile, think, question, and laugh. From serious national issues to curiosities of nature, you won't be able to put it down.
Professional Development:
We will keep your career moving with a comprehensive list of conferences, workshops, clinics, and grants, and an easy reference calendar of events and organizations.
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