The Value of Outdoor Learning: Evidence from Research in the UK and Elsewhere

This article summarises the key fi ndings of a review that critically examined 150 pieces of research on outdoor learning published between 1993 and 2003 (Rickinson et al. , 2004). The Field Studies Council and partner organisations commissioned the review in response to the growing concern that opportunities for outdoor learning by school students in England have decreased substantially in recent years (Harris, 1999; Barker, Slingsby and Tilling, 2002).