Dr. David Cudworth

Dr. Dave Cudworth is an independent education researcher and a Forest School leader with over two decades of experience in both school and university settings. His work is situated within the fields of outdoor and experiential learning, with a particular focus on Education for Sustainability. His current research explores how engagement with outdoor learning spaces can cultivate learners’ ecological consciousness and contribute to the development of pro-environmental attitudes and sustainable values. He is particularly interested in the ways outdoor educational practices can broaden learners’ relational understandings of the more-than-human world and support transformative educational experiences.