ABSTRACT
The sight of children walking the streets armed with clipboards is a common one in Aberdeen (Figure 10.1). About two thousand children between the ages of 5 and 12 set out on walks led by one of the staff from Aberdeen Environmental Education Centre (AEEC) as part of their school year. I have had a connection with AEEC for over ten years; as a student teacher, class teacher, volunteer trail writer and as one of the development officers who create materials for teaching and lead guided walks. Currently as a lecturer in Primary Education, I am interested in the ways in which learning occurs and knowledge is created during guided walks offered by AEEC. For the purposes of this chapter I have drawn from my own practices and experiences of both using and providing the service which AEEC offers to explore the relationship between walking and learning during structured trail activities.
