► CONFIRMED DATES 2023:

• 20-24 February 2023
• 20-24 March 2023
• 17-21 April 2023
• 01-05 May 2023
• 03-07 July 2023 

Various researches have shown that students do not learn only in the classroom  environment. By being out of the traditional learning setting, students are more motivated to learn in teams, respect the environment, improve their creativity and  critical thinking skills. Outdoor Education Teacher Training course aims to broaden the horizon of teachers when it comes to their teaching spaces and encourages them to think outside the box. In this course, participants will attend a mixture of practical and theoretical session, workshops and they will have a space to share their experiences at European level.  

This 5-day course provides various outdoor activities and guide participants in their journey of new learning environments, which can be anywhere like parks, school yards, museums, or the nature itself. In this training, we aim to deliver essential tools  to improve participants’ competences and skills to teach any curriculum content in the  outdoors. Outdoor Education training course mostly takes place in outdoor settings in order to  provide participants real time experience when it comes to apply what they have learned during the training sessions in their own school.

By completing this course, participants will;  

- Learn how to teach in an environment other than a classroom  

- Learn how to improve their skills on experience based learning and sensory awareness to increase students’ engagement and motivation to curriculum contents 

- Gain knowledge about the theoretical basis of outdoor educational pedagogy, recent developments and literature  

- Promote ‘learning by doing’ methodology and to learn ways to reflect on what they have learned 

- Improve their soft skills such as communication, collaboration and creativity in working with non-formal methods in outdoor settings  

- Promote European cooperation in the field of education within the framework of  the Erasmus+ program by partnership building  

- Improve foreign language skills through active interaction with colleagues from different European countries

Classes take place Monday to Friday in the Morning (9:30 – 13:30) or in the Afternoon (14:30 – 18:30)  

• Day 1 - Monday  

Welcoming and Introduction of the course programme  

Presentation of participants  

Ice-breaking and team building activities  

Theoretical basis of Outdoor Education pedagogy, recent developments in the field and literature  

Expectations from the training  

• Day 2 - Tuesday  

Teaching ‘outside the box’  

Experience based learning and sensory awareness  

Benefits of outdoor education  

Common mistakes about outdoor education, things to avoid and things to be careful about  

• Day 3 - Wednesday  

Real life experiences about outdoor education  

Tips and guides of teaching in outside learning spaces  

How to convert an outside space into a learning space  

The impact of outdoor education on students’ learning processes  

• Day 4 - Thursday  

Develop ideas on ways to incorporate the Outdoor Education method in any subject like maths, science, arts, literature etc.  

Putting things into practice in your classroom; tips and guideline about how to develop your project idea 

Participants will work on groups or individually to create a project on outdoor education  

Discussion and share of ideas  

• Day 5 - Friday  

Presentation of group/individual projects  

Final Remarks on Outdoor Education  

Exchange of ideas for future collaborations at European level  

Certification of Attendance  

Confirmation of EuroPass Mobility documents