Bush kindergarten programmes (known as bush kinders), where preschool children learn in, about and with nature, are proliferating in Australian early childhood education. This scoping review reports on, and analyses, the research literature pertaining to how ethnography has been applied to the bush kinder context. We included studies conducted in related contexts, such as forest schools, and other programmes that focus on nature pedagogy, as these contexts assist us to better understand bush kinders. The findings from our literature review illustrate and confirm that empirical research in bush kinder settings is in its early stages. Consequently, bush kinders present opportunities for piloting research methodologies. After a review of the research literature, it was found that ethnography as a research methodology is valuable to understand teacher pedagogy, young children’s learning, the implications of researcher positionality, the context and the place of bush kinders in early childhood education and care.

布什幼儿园计划（称为布什种），学龄前儿童在大自然中，与自然一起学习以及与大自然一起学习，在澳大利亚的早期儿童教育中正在激增。这项范围界定的综述报告并分析了有关民族志学如何应用于布什种人背景的研究文献。我们纳入了在相关背景下进行的研究，例如森林学校，以及其他关注自然教育的计划，因为这些背景有助于我们更好地了解灌木种。我们文献综述的发现说明并证实了在灌木种的环境中的实证研究尚处于早期阶段。因此，丛林种鱼为试点研究方法提供了机会。回顾研究文献之后，