Understanding Educational and Well-Being Implications of Learning Outside the Classroom Through Cross-National Collaboration
Understanding Educational and Well-Being Implications of Learning Outside the Classroom Through Cross-National Collaboration
Date & Time
10 July 2014, 00:00
Venue
NIE, Block 2, Lecture Theatre 6
Events Details
Time: 10am - 12pm
Registration: 9:30am
Light refreshments will be served.
Presentation 1:
Outdoor and environmental education as place-responsive pedagogy: An
Australian perspective
By Dr.
Alistair Stewart, La Trobe University, Australia
Australia is home to many species
of flora and fauna found nowhere else on Earth. Since the arrival of Europeans
in the 1700’s Australia has undergone a substantial change in land ownership
and use that has resulted in declining ecological health of many
landscapes. With
the rise of ecological consciousness in the broader community, outdoor
education in south-eastern Australia has evolved over the last 20 years to
include philosophies and pedagogy that are socio-ecologically critical. In this
presentation I will discuss my efforts of the last 15 years to bring outdoor
and environmental education together to develop place-responsive pedagogy.
Presentation 2:
Natural Connections and outdoor learning in England
By Sue
Waite, Associate Professor (Reader), Plymouth
University, UK
Assoc Prof Sue Waite will briefly share some thoughts and images
about outdoor learning in England, focusing on a current project, Natural
Connections, as an example. Reflections on how cultural influences shape what
is desirable and what is possible to offer in mainstream schooling will be
suggested with an invitation to everyone to consider how these may impact on
the meanings of and motivations for outdoor learning in their own context.
Speaker Bio-Profiles:
Dr
Alistair Stewart is
the current Head of Department of Outdoor and Environmental Education, La Trobe
University, Australia. His
teaching and research interests include place responsive outdoor environmental
education, natural~cultural history pedagogy, and autobiographical curriculum
inquiry.
Assoc Prof Sue
Waite is a Reader in the Institute of
Education, Plymouth University, UK.
She leads a large outdoor teaching and learning project, Natural Connections,
enhancing the use of local natural environments for curricular learning in
primary, secondary and special schools. She has researched and written extensively in the field of outdoor
learning including Forest Schools, wellbeing from woodlands and transition from
early years.
