This unit describes how teachers can make school grounds into an extremely valuable learning resource. They are an ideal setting for engaging in repeated cycles of research and action with children.
Every school has some space around it, even in dense inner city areas.
It generally lacks any features that children value even though it is children who are their sole users. The school ground is often not known by the teachers. It is rarely used as a subject of study even though it is available on a daily basis. Learning is thought to stop at the door to the school building. Research on the school grounds can be usefully carried out for different reasons.