ASE outdoor science report

Not long after its annual conference, the Association for Science Education (ASE) launched its 'Outdoor Science' report, making six recommendations to reverse the long-term decline in outdoor education in science.

The ASE's Outdoor Science Working Group released the report, which is the product of discussion with over 100 participants over a series of seminars held in 2010. The recommendations they make include establishing a programme of teacher training in fieldwork, creation of a dedicated outdoor science website to share resources and local contacts, and a call to leading education bodies, learned societies and supporters of outdoor education to use their influence to raise the profile of fieldwork.