Pavla Boulton

Biography

I have worked as a university lecturer in Early Years, Education and Education Practice since 2011. I have previously taught across the age ranges, from primary to Further Education and specialised in physical education and using the Forest School approach.

I currently teach a range of education modules and courses, covering child development, child psychology, special educational needs and outdoor learning approaches for teaching and learning. I have published resources and journal papers on outdoor learning and digital technology, and schematic development in the outdoors.

I am currently completing my PhD which is an autoethnographic critique of mobilising early childhood educators’ knowledge in Outdoor pedagogy in a time of educational reform.

Qualifications

MSc Physical Education, Loughborough University

PGCE Secondary Physical Education, St. Luke’s Exeter University

BSc (Jt Hons) Sports Studies and Biology, St Mary’s UC London

Accreditations

National Teaching Fellow (HEA), 2022

Senior Fellow (HEA)

Professional Development Board of the Association of Physical Education

Research

Outdoor pedagogy; nature connectedness and wellbeing; teacher development using nature as the third teacher.