Claire Warden is one of the world's leading consultants and writers on the use of consultative methods in education.  She works internationally to inspire and motivate people to develop and believe in their own practice, and that forms the foundation of her approach to self evaluation.  The centre of excellence she has set up in the UK is renowned for its nature kindergarten and the consultative Floorbooks used there.  Her own learning pathway as a teacher, included working in a wide variety of settings (2-18 years), mentoring and advisory work, lecturing at Strathclyde University, authoring over 11 books and designing  resources and landscapes. Claire founded the charitable company Living Classrooms Ltd to work with marginalised groups and within settings to develop the capacity of communities through connecting to nature. Claire is an international committee member of the World Forum Foundation and is one of a leadership group of consultants who make up its Nature Action Collaborative for Children working group. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at Ballarat University, Australia and is currently engaged in her PhD exploring 'Ways of Knowing'. She works around the world with universities and colleges, governments and educators as an advocate for the rights of all children to high quality, engaging education inside, outside and beyond.

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