Samenvatting

But how (do you organize outdoor learning)? In the research project ‘The green teacher’: a project aimed to explore
the benefits of greening a schoolyard on children’s wellbeing and functioning, and how teachers can be supported in
realizing outdoor education, we asked 152 teachers in 13 primary schools (with both grey and green schoolyards) which
opportunities and barriers they identified for outdoor teaching. Consequently we explored the outdoor environment
with five schoolteams, in very small steps, trying out ideas. For the purpose of the Dutch Outdoor Education Day we
share some of our experiences.
These results are derived from the research project ‘The green teacher’: a project aimed to explore the benefits of
greening a schoolyard on children’s wellbeing and functioning, and how teachers can be supported in realizing outdoor
education... 709 pupils from groups 4, 5 and 6 (aged between 7 and 10 years old, 52,5% boys) of 10 primary schools
(six with a green and four with a paved schoolyard) were asked if they ever received outdoor education and whether
they liked it.