Young children, the outdoors and nature: Session 8: Figure 2 Micro, meso and macro questions.

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The image is made up of three circles. There is a large circle, in which there is a smaller circle and then a smaller circle inside that. The smallest circle is labelled as Micro. There is then a list of associated questions: What excites you about taking young children outside in nature? What positive emotions do you feel outside in nature? What clothes do you like to wear outside when engaging with nature? The middle circle is labelled Meso and has the following list of questions: How can you work together drawing on the strengths of the team to develop nature engaging and nature enhancing pedagogy in your setting? What are the biggest opportunities? Who could help you develop these opportunities? What are the next steps you need to take? The large circle is labelled Macro and has the following list of questions: What would be the impact of policy addressing outdoor/nature provision for babies and toddlers? Does the society you live within have anything to learn from other societies? What might be the impact to society if babies and toddlers were brought up to feel comfortable about interacting with nature/outdoors?

Figure 2 Micro, meso and macro questions.

1.2 What big questions should we be asking?

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