Nature as a fantastic classroom for learning – Erasmus+

Nature as a fantastic classroom in Sweden

Develop your skills  to teach curriculum content in the outdoors – in the school yard, park or in the more wild venue

TERMS

4.6. – 9.6. 2023

13.8. – 18.8.2023

19.5. – 24.5. 2024

11.8. – 16.8.2024

THE COURSE OFFERS YOU TO

  • learn how to work with the outdoor environment as a classroom and teaching media and how to work with experience-based learning and sensory awareness as a support for learning in school
  • develop personal and social skills through outdoor activities and lessons
  • understand the health benefit gained by taking learning into the outdoors.
  • gain knowledge about the theoretical basis of outdoor educational pedagogy, research and literature
  • learn about outdoor pedagogy in a cross-cultural perspective and share experience and knowledge with others
  • develop a personal activity plan – how to put new knowledge into action back home and how to support the school development in the field of outdoor learning

TARGET GROUP

  • Teachers of pre-primary schools, primary and secondary schools and vocational schools
  • Adult education teachers
  • Teachers of special needs
  • Teacher trainers

HOW DO WE WORK?

The main methods will be through practical training, cooperative work, various activities and discussions. The content is thematic and interdisciplinary and based on ”learning by doing” combined with “reflection upon action”.

Through experiencing by heart, hand and head meet the three key parts of Outdoor Education (personal and social development, outdoor activities and environmental education).

Positive atmosphere, exchange and fun is a part of the process during the week. The course will take place mainly outdoors close to nature, in the rural as well as the urban landscape, visit the local schools.

Every day we reflect up on what have we done, what was the purpose and how can we use this back home/professionally, how can we adopt it to our professional life, schools – and learning conditions in Europe

DURATION

6 days
(Sunday afternoon – Friday afternoon)

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

Each participant obtains The Certificate of Attendance and confirmation to Europass.

PLACE

The course is residential, accommodation and food will be arranged by an organizer.

The course is held in Brokind close to Linköping in Sweden. We stay near Linkoping in a beautiful natural setting in the typical landscape among lakes.

PRICE ( Valid for courses from 1.7.2022)

650 € (EUR) course fee/participant equals 740 $ (USD)

785 € (EUR) subsistance cost/participant equals 850 $ (USD)

IN TOTAL 1435 € (EUR) equals 1595 $ (USD)

Price includes:

  • programme (40 hours), materials and equipment
  • field trips, excursions, school visits
  • all meals including coffee breaks
  • accommodation (5 nights)
  • local travel
  • organizational support before, during and after the course
  • administration and certificates
COURSE REGISTRATION

HOW TO COVER THE PRICE FROM YOUR ERASMUS PROJECT

We will charge you 650 € for the course fee. This fee consists of two parts:

  1. Course fee – 480 € / 6 days course which will be fully covered from your project (You obtain 80 €/ day)
  2. Additionl costs 170 € / participant – The price is higher due to high-quality and intensity of the course program, the rest of the amount could be covered from other budget categories and savings or with participant contribution.

We will charge you 785 € for subsistence cost, which could be covered from project budget – subsistence costs. You obtain 153 €/day, the rest of this amount could be used to cover the course fee.