Give students a real test: send them outdoors
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OUTDOORS EDUCATION -- Instead of pumping so much time and money into exams, our schools should focus more on well-being and encouraging children to connect with the natural world.
That's the message from Ben Fogle in a piece he wrote for The Guardain.
‘I don’t want my children to feel the same sense of failure I did growing up because they’re not good at passing tests,’ says Ben Fogle.
The outdoors is a living classroom that can stimulate a youth's interest in everything from biology to writing.