It’s hard to keep up with the many names under which outdoor learning is developing at the moment – forest schools, learning outside the classroom (LOtC), bushcraft, adventure learning, outdoor therapy, etc. It is sometimes easy to forget that the term ‘outdoor learning’ was only developed 12 years ago in the process of forming the Institute for Outdoor Learning as the national body, after heated debates about the alternatives. It’s hard to keep up with the many names under which outdoor learning is developing at the moment – forest schools, learning outside the classroom (LOtC), bushcraft, adventure learning, outdoor therapy, etc. It is sometimes easy to forget that the term ‘outdoor learning’ was only developed 12 years ago in the process...