Extra Support Documents for Modular Course
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Woodland Unit
Child Development Unit
Safe Practice Unit
Handbook guidance (if you are going to write your own document rather than using Safe Practice workbook Mod 3 & 4)
Leadership Unit
Books and Websites useful for Modular Course
Woodland Structure -
www.countrysideinfo.co.uk
Woodland History -
A History of Native Woodlands in Scotland - T.C. Smout
People and Woodlands in Scotland, A history - T.C. Smout
Scottish Woodland History - T.C. Smout
Flora and Fauna -
Tools & Knots -
YouTube (will have videos for all tools and knots)
Handbook of knots - Dorling Kindersley
BTCV Handbook
Learning Theories -
How Children Learn - by Linda Pound
An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget & Vygotsky - by Carol Garhart Mooney
Parenting, Learning & Development -
What every parent needs to know - Margot Sunderland (brain development)
Raising Boys - by Steve Biddulph
Why love matters - by Sue Gerhardt
Self-esteem -
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - www.jrf.org.uk >
Confident children - by Gael Lindenfield
Emotional Development & Emotional Intelligence -
Emotional Intelligence - by Daniel Goleman
Beyond Discipline, From Compliance to Community - by Alfie Kohn
Appropriate Risk Taking -
www.rethinkingchildhood.com/no_fear.html
Last Child in the woods - by Richard Louv
Too safe for their own good - by Jenny Lindon
No Fear, Growing up in a risk averse society - by Tim Gill
Toxic Childhood - by Sue Palmer
Leadership -
Research -
links to all the research papers on the Student home page, right hand column
Health & Safety at Work Act, COSHH & RIDDOR - www.hse.gov.uk >
Management Plan -
Woodland Management, a practical guide - by Chris Starr
Play & Games -
Sharing Nature with Children - by Joseph Cornell
Learning through Play - by Tina Bruce
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