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Project PartnersUniversity College VIA, DKLinkjøbing University, SEHedmark University, NOTallin University, EECharles University, CZRiga Teacher Training and EducationalManagement Academy, LVEstonia School Forests, EE
Outdoor learning andSports, CZ
Outdoor learning andLanguage, SE
Outdoor learningAnd Music, LV
Outdoor learning, art and handcrafts, DK
Outdoor learningAnd Science, EE
Outdoor learningand mathematics, NO
Foundation Course
1. testrun, national students:One foundation courseOne subject course (music in Latvia)
Evaluations, refinements
2. testrun, international studentsInternational Comenius Courses
AIMS of Foundation Course
The Foundation Course should give the students experience with, knowledge about and insight in using the landscape as a learning ressource in the educational process
Contents
What is Outdoor LearningGetting to a definition of Outdoor LearningWhy Outdoor Learning ?
Health perspectiveLearning perspectiveCultural perspective
How is Outdoor Learning ?
What is Outdoor Learning ?Society phenomenon and study – object(neutral)Discussion field and debate of ideas(ideological)Personal and pedagogical understanding(value-laden)
inspired from Klas Sandell
What is Outdoor Learning ?Sports and Adventure ?Nature and Science ?Subjects in another context ?The room as a learning place ?Regular activities outside ?A subject and a pedagogical method ?
Outdoor learning is a form:Frequent, purpose driven and curriculum basedactivities outside the classroom, in nearbylearning environmentsOften 1 day a week, all yearAll, or most, subjectsWorking with the same subjects inside –outside – insideOften problem- and groupbased tasks
Outdoor learning is a way of understanding learningLearning through movements and sensesListening to the tales of the landscapeCrosses subjectsSolving problems, groupworkLearning through experience, activities and reflectionWorking with relevant tasks
HistoryAuthentic learning
J.A. Comenius (1592-1670)J.J. Rousseau (1712-1784)J.H. Pestalozzi (1782-1827)F. Fröbel (1782-1852)E. Key (1849-1926)J. Dewey (1859-1952)D. KolbAnd many others
Outdoor Schooling is a working method, whereparts of the everyday life in school is moved out of the classroom – into the local environment. Outdoor schooling implies frequent, purposedriven and curriculum based learning activitiesoutside the classroom.
Inspired from Arne Nikolajsen Jordet
Why Outdoor Learning now ?Everyday life for the childrenare
Heavily Screen dominatedLess physically activeBased on symbols insteadof reality
Model of QualitiesA B
C DSociale og sproglige kvaliteter
Sansende ogudforskende kvaliteter
Fysiske og motoriske kvaliteter
Manuelle og produktive kvaliteter
Sensory and Exploringqualities
Physical and motor qualities
Manual and productivequalities
Social and verbalqualities
Jerome Bruner
Forms of repræsentation:Doing – sharing a pizzaPicture – picture of a bread, or a cookie
being sharedSymbol- 1/3
Contents
What is Outdoor Learning ?Getting to a definition of Outdoor LearningWhy Outdoor Learning ?
Health perspectiveLearning perspectiveCultural perspective
How is Outdoor Learning ?
Results of the health perspective…Less stress (A Szczespanski)More physically active (Mygind)Better social relations (Christian Jacobsen -Mygind)Better motor coordination (Udeliv,Fjørtoft ?))Less sickness (Grahn, udeliv)More playmates (Mygind)
Learning perspectiveLearning is an active process (Kolb, Dewey)Learning can go by different tracks (Grundtvig, Gardner)Deeper rooted learning (Fredens 2006, Schillab 2006)Better concentration (Grahn,1995, Vigsøe 2006)
Happier children (Mygind)
Learning is an active processExperiencingsomething
Applying the Interpretingexperience the experience
Generalizing theexperience
Kolbs cycle of experiental learning
Cultural perspectiveForms of knowledge is a cultural phenomenon
SagatellingHandcraftAgricultureAcademicMusic
ValuesLearning through Heart
Respect for the environmentBetter understanding of natureAesthetically founded experience and learning
Outdoor education – literary education and sensory experience.
Outdoor education is a thematic and interdisciplinary fiels of research and education in the natural and cultural landscape arena. Through thematic studies and activities in the landscape, Outdoor Education tries to animate the often abstract concepts of the scientific disciplines, and thereby create a local history, ecological, and social sense of place amongst children and young people.
L-O. Dahlgren and A. Szczepanski, 1997
Example of an Outdoor dayGathering indoorsTransport to the Outdoor classroomGathering around the bonfire, instructionsSubject workPause – lunch packetBreakSubject workGathering – evaluationTransport back to schoolWorking with subjects, inside, next days
Learning the subjects of LifeLearning the subjects of SchoolLearning in many waysLearning through experience, action and understanding
This way of working gives the pupils occasion to use all their senses so that they gets personal and concrete experiences in their meeting with reality. This working method gives space for subject oriented activities, spontanous display and play, curious search, fantasy, experience and social fellowship.
Outdoor Education is about activating all the subjects in school in an integratededucation, where outdoor – and indooractivities are close connected, becausethe pupils learns about reality in reality, that is about nature in nature, aboutsociety in society and about community in community.
Arne Jordet Nikolajsen, 1998