The Nature Education Assessment Framework (NEAF) is being developed by Tanya Rele of Nature Classrooms, with the support of the Inlaks Ravi Sankaran Small Grants Programme as an open-source tool to assess the effectiveness of nature education programmes and other nature learning initiatives. Nature Education Assessment Framework (NEAF) Supported by InLaks Ravi Sankaran Small Grants The Nature Education Assessment Framework (NEAF) is being developed by Tanaya Rele of Nature Classrooms, with the support of the Inlaks Ravi Sankaran Small Grants Programme as an open-source tool to assess the effectiveness of nature education programmes and other nature learning initiatives. It aims to provide a holistic assessment of nature education/conservation education programmes by assessing the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of participants before and after the intervention through a set of collaboratively designed qualitative and quantitative tools including existing scales and peer-reviewed literature. NEAF seeks for honest feedback from the target group which will also highlight the areas in which the intervening organisation or individual needs to address and course correct. This framework will also be trialled collaboratively through nature education initiatives and reviewed by education practitioners, to make it replicable, unbiased, easy-to-use and relevant to the nature and conservation education community in India. The objectives of this project are listed below: Designing a framework for Nature Classrooms to assess the ongoing nature education projects through a pre and post intervention study. To explore the relationship that teachers and students share with nature, assess their understanding about the environment and determine how nature learning interventions influence this dynamic.ii) To understand and assess the impact of age-appropriate nature learning interventions on students’ attitudes and perceptions towards local biodiversity. ................................... Supported by ...................................

If you are an educator looking to engage with articles and opinion pieces on nature education and pedagogy, a student looking to explore discourses in nature education, or just curious about these things - this page lists essential readings available online. Many of these articles and essays have inspired and influenced discussions within Nature Classrooms, and we hope to share this inspiration with many more. Recommended Readings If you are an educator looking to engage with articles and opinion pieces on nature education and pedagogy, a student looking to explore discourses in nature education, or just curious about these things - here's a list of essential readings available online. Many of these articles and essays have inspired and influenced discussions within Nature Classrooms, and we hope to share this inspiration with many more. Look, Don’t Touch by David Sobel Place-based learning of science: Experiences in integration by Arun, Poornima and Nishant (2021) A Pedagogy for Ecology by Ann Pelo The Ecosystem of Learning by Yuvan Aves Connecting Learning to the Natural World by Nature Classrooms Towards a Curriculum for ‘Belonging’ by Yuvan Aves Leave No Child Inside by Richard Louv The exploration of Biology through Art: some reflections from the classroom by Kaustubh Rau (2018, January), in iwonder, 4, 63 — 71 Structure and Spontaneity: A fine balancing act by Radha Gopalan Pedagogy of 'dirty' hands : reflections from an urban terrace farm by Dutta, Deborah (2019), in iwonder, pp. 72-81. Back Blog

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Words Live Nature What's happening this week, on our adventure Creatures in Our Schools The school is housed in a small, seemingly nondescript building, offset from the Hesarghatta main road. A lone Singapore Cherry (Muntingia calabura) tree marks one corner of the school. ‘Look, there goes a Haavu Rani!’, one of the teachers casually remarked as she walked into the school. Haavu Rani is Kannada for Skink, it translates to ‘Snake Queen’. More A Bugs Life Is that little piece of paint from the wall moving? Who cleans up the crumbs from my kitchen while I’m asleep at night? Who lives in that little white tent in the corner of the wall? More

The school is housed in a small, seemingly nondescript building, offset from the Hesarghatta main road. A lone Singapore Cherry (Muntingia calabura) tree marks one corner of the school. ‘Look, there goes a Haavu Rani!’, one of the teachers casually remarked as she walked into the school. Haavu Rani is Kannada for Skink, it translates to ‘Snake Queen’.

Is that little piece of paint from the wall moving? Who cleans up the crumbs from my kitchen while I’m asleep at night? Who lives in that little white tent in the corner of the wall?

Blog The Nature Classrooms Blog is a collection of reflections from the team as well as teachers who we engage with and who use our resources in their spaces. We publish contributions from educators who wish to write about their experience with our resources and nature learning. Write to us with your pitches at edu@ncf-india.org . 2 min Birding at Badamwari, Srinagar Celebrating this Earth Day with WRCF and Early Bird 38 0 comments 0 Post not marked as liked 3 min What and where is nature for the children of Bengaluru? Here are some surprising ways of conceptualizing nature that children shared with Aashish Gokhale in the Child-Nature-Ooru project. 115 0 comments 0 1 like. Post not marked as liked 1 3 min Learning to heal the Earth: Part 4 Building eco-awareness - Aksharnandan - by Jayashree Ramadas and Dhanya K 117 0 comments 0 2 likes. Post not marked as liked 2 3 min Learning to heal the Earth: Part 3 Working through the contradictions and disconnects - by Jayashree Ramadas and Dhanya K 195 0 comments 0 2 likes. Post not marked as liked 2 4 min Learning to heal the Earth: Part 2 Trending a different path - by Jayashree Ramadas and Dhanya K 180 0 comments 0 2 likes. Post not marked as liked 2 3 min Learning to heal the Earth: Part 1 Learning through students' natural and social environment - by Jayashree Ramadas and Dhanya K 227 0 comments 0 2 likes. Post not marked as liked 2 3 min Nature Moves in Action - Glimpses from Workshops and Classrooms As a part of our Nature Moves initiative of designing and trialing movement-based nature learning resources, we trialed some activities... 130 0 comments 0 3 likes. Post not marked as liked 3 5 min Getting to know a Gasagase Mara Children’s Observations and Teachers’ Reflections from a session at Govt. Lower Primary School, Tarabanahalli By Sarojini Ramachandra... 125 0 comments 0 1 like. Post not marked as liked 1 1 min Uncovering the Potential of Nature Learning at Home Published in Samuhik Pahal - Volume 2, Issue 1; September 2021. 47 0 comments 0 1 like. Post not marked as liked 1 6 min Hidden Housemates Activity - A Review By Anvita DJ The Hidden Housemate Activities are a series of nature-themed tasks designed for children by members of the Nature... 81 0 comments 0 1 like. Post not marked as liked 1 3 min Creatures in our schools Of superstitions and serendipitous encounters By Roshni Ravi We’ve been collaborating with the wonderful teachers at the Fig Tree... 93 0 comments 0 3 likes. Post not marked as liked 3 2 min Hidden Housemates Getting to know nature in our homes Is that little piece of paint from the wall moving? Who cleans up the crumbs from my kitchen while... 67 0 comments 0 2 likes. Post not marked as liked 2 Blog Search Search

Words Live Nature What's happening this week, on our adventure Creatures in Our Schools The school is housed in a small, seemingly nondescript building, offset from the Hesarghatta main road. A lone Singapore Cherry (Muntingia calabura) tree marks one corner of the school. ‘Look, there goes a Haavu Rani!’, one of the teachers casually remarked as she walked into the school. Haavu Rani is Kannada for Skink, it translates to ‘Snake Queen’. More A Bugs Life Is that little piece of paint from the wall moving? Who cleans up the crumbs from my kitchen while I’m asleep at night? Who lives in that little white tent in the corner of the wall? More