Partnership Education in the Forest

• Main Author: Heidi G Bruce
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2017-10-01
• Series: Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies
• Subjects: partnership education; forest school; nature-based education; eco-literacy; early childhood education legislation
• Online Access: https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ijps/article/view/181

Heidi Bruce is a founding board member of the Orcas Island Forest School, an outdoor early childhood education program located on Orcas Island, Washington State. In this article, she describes the interconnectedness of nature-based education and Partnership education, as outlined in Riane Eisler‘s book, Tomorrow’s Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education in the 21st Century (2000). She also shares her experience in advocating for the first legislation in the country that creates a pilot program for licensing nature-based early childhood education programs.