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Beyond The Classroom
Dr Robbie NicolOutdoor and Environmental Education
University of Edinburgh
[email protected]/outdoored
Beyond The Classroom
Dr Robbie NicolOutdoor and Environmental Education
University of Edinburgh
[email protected]/outdoored
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Range and Scope of Outdoor Learning
Outdoor Outdoor activitiesactivities
EnvironmentalEnvironmentalEducationEducation
Personal &Personal & Social Social EducationEducation
Physical activityTackling obesityLife-long activitySkill developmentAdventure sport
SustainabilityField StudiesBiodiversityAwareness of local areaCultural landscapeSTEM subjects
Wellbeing‘Greenspace’
Self-awarenessSelf-esteemSocial developmentCommunal living
Outdoor Learning
OUTDOOR LEARNINGTo what Degree are we
dealing with:
OUTDOOR LEARNINGTo what Degree are we
dealing with:KnowledgeAttitudes Feelings
KnowledgeAttitudes Feelings
Is learning outdoors different from learning
indoors?
Is learning outdoors different from learning
indoors?
What are they learning?What are they learning?
AimsAssumption
sContent Methods
Evaluation
Claims
A structure for programme design?
A structure for programme design?
Aims Assumptions Content Methods Evaluation Claims
PSD(g. self-
awareness)
Response to dealing with success or failure at times. Awareness of anxieties (slips, heights, water, cold etc).
Needs to be developed.Linked to other activities,e.g.walking, climbing skills
Half-day - Kilmun Gorge.Instructor organised but students often leading
Give support when needed. Ask each to lead stages. Ask them to consider rest of group
Peer review at end of walk/day
Change in self-awareness? AnecdotalTemporary?
Environment(e.g.
sustainability,biodiversity)
Water cycle; erosion; sensitivity of ecosystem; photosynthesis CO2 & climate change
Basic knowledgeTheory covered at school
Questions: Where does water come from & go to? Is weather the same as climate? Impact of groups.
Issue/problem based discussion over lunch, and at times during trip (content & values)
Raise issues again during canoe journey and rock climbing.
Level of knowledge & understand-ingTemporary?
Physical skills(e.g. motor
control,fitness, water
safety)
Confident walking, scrambling.Aerobic
Capable based on observations on earlier walk
Discuss foot placement, pace etc
Individual input during walk
Ask students to consider long term fitness
AnecdotalTemporary?
A River walkA River walk
Why Learn Outdoors? Why Learn Outdoors?
ConnectionConnection
‘It is our sensory immersion that most profoundly links us to the land.’Professor Anthony Weston
It is the lack of sensory immersion and outdoor experiences that leads people to be unaware of their connection to nature.
‘It is our sensory immersion that most profoundly links us to the land.’Professor Anthony Weston
It is the lack of sensory immersion and outdoor experiences that leads people to be unaware of their connection to nature.
Outdoor Learning and Sustainability
Outdoor Learning and Sustainability
Opportunity to experience nature and its physical and biological processes
This helps to understand our dependence (often hidden) on nature
Opportunity to experience nature and its physical and biological processes
This helps to understand our dependence (often hidden) on nature
SummarySummary
STEM subjects knowledge + sensory immersion in the outdoors = an organising
framework for sustainability
STEM subjects knowledge + sensory immersion in the outdoors = an organising
framework for sustainability
Dr Robbie NicolOutdoor and Environmental
Education University of Edinburgh
[email protected]/outdoored
Dr Robbie NicolOutdoor and Environmental
Education University of Edinburgh
[email protected]/outdoored