There are various stages of learning we go through in order to acquire new skills - we all start at the very beginning and over time, develop the skills and techniques needed. This model is a guide through the learning process, highlighting why obstacles exist and what the best ways to overcome challenges are each stage of the way.
Read MoreWhat we do impacts how well we can do it - the use it or lose it law that sensory input drives motor output.
Changes occur mainly in the brain, not in the muscles; skill learning and memory alter the information that the brain sends out to the muscles, thereby changing the movements that are produced.
In 1907 London County Council built the first open air school in the UK and by 1937 there were 96 open air day schools in operation throughout Britain, with 53 of them being residential. Children were taught in classrooms that were designed to be fully or partially exposed to the outdoors and even slept outside exposed to the elements.
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