Course Description
Our KA1 Outdoor Learning Course is for teachers, school leaders and education staff who want to approach to the outdoor education model.
This introductory Erasmus+ teacher training course helps participants understand how outdoor environments can support student engagement, wellbeing, collaboration, curiosity, and meaningful curriculum-based outdoor learning across different subjects and school contexts.
The course is structured on the experiential learning cycle, enabling teachers to experience it first-hand while planning for their in-class application. You will be guided into planning practical outdoor learning activities that can be adapted for schoolyards, parks, urban spaces, and natural environments.
Our KA1 Outdoor Learning Course also focuses on safety and inclusion for outdoor education, basic risk awareness, group management, environmental responsibility, and ways to make teaching outside the classroom realistic for every school.
By the end of the course, participants will have gained confidence, practical ideas, and adaptable methods to introduce outdoor learning in their own educational settings.
Course Content
- Core principles and benefits of outdoor learning and outdoor education
- Introduction to the experiential learning cycle and its use in teaching practice
- Designing subject and age-specific outdoor learning units and lessons
- Planning safe, inclusive, and curriculum-based outdoor learning experiences
- Using schoolyards, parks, urban spaces, and natural environments as outdoor classrooms
- Outdoor learning for wellbeing, environmental awareness, sustainability, and student engagement
- Reflection, feedback and assessment for documenting outdoor learning outcome
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Understand the key principles and benefits of outdoor learning and outdoor education
- Use the experiential learning cycle to design meaningful outdoor learning activities
- Plan safe, inclusive, and curriculum-based outdoor experiences
- Facilitate reflection and cooperation
- Create a personal portfolio of practical activities to use in their own educational settings
Assessment and Certificates
Assessment of performance will be through delegate-completed portfolio of work. The final course certification for successful completion is a college-issued “Course Certificate of Completion”, for each module studied. In addition, where applicable, delegates will receive relevant EuroPass certificates.
