Sprouts - How Outdoor Education Can Enliven Your Praxis

Webinar
ID number
218807087
Date
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

This interactive workshop will empower teachers, coaches, mentors and administrators to make their first tentative steps towards including more outdoor education in their curricula, or bolster the bag of tricks for those already immersed in the local garden, woodlot and green-space.
Educators will leave having crafted their own lessons, after reviewing best practices, example activities and the research underlying the field.
This workshop will aim firstly for utility, but sport a strong grain of levity.
Please bring questions, standards that are hard to meet, or concerns about neighborhoods that lack enough nature for "outdoor education."
We will work through some wild ideas towards an understanding of how time outdoors can provide instruction, medicine, understanding and justice to our children and for our communities.

Presenter
Michael Loots
Learner objectives

Analyze outdoor education research to assess its effectiveness as a classroom tool.

Experiment with various outdoor education concepts and lessons, to gain an appreciation for how each might fit their students' needs, classroom, and teaching philosophy. 

Adapt outdoor lessons or series, using the research, techniques and activities discussed for both synchronous and asynchronous learning.

Intended audience
Administrator, Early Childhood Special and General Educator, Early Intervention Personnel, Family Educator, Family Member, Social Worker, Teacher Assistant
Contact hours
2.00
Gateways training stage
Introductory
Training topic area
Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Early Science
Gateways to Opportunity content area
Curriculum or Program Design