Time Line Infographic
Mind Map Infographic
If mind map is hard to read I have providied below what each category states
Pedagogies
- All pedagogies explored throughout this project has helped me understand how the traditional education system has stayed the same for so many years. Most schools do not want to change their approach to school because it is too much change. The way I have looked at the pedagogies can have big change over time and small change to the curricular connections.
Curricular Connections
- I wanted to focus on school subjects to show outdoor education can look like in a traditional school system and there should not be as much push back to take your class outside. Growing up in the traditional system when it was a pain to take your classroom outside seemed like a lot of stress for the teacher. That was because they did not teacher their class outside. They let them have restricted play like the playground.
- The connections can be across more than two subjects as well. Find a concept that relates to as many core subjects and then try to take it outside.
How it went
- This project added my learning so much. I broadened my perspective on outdoor education and the locations you can take them too. In can be an outdoor playground, the school field, or a recreational area like the community forest to integrate outdoor education into everyday schoolwork.
Why I choose this topic
- I choose this topic because I have a passion for outdoor learning but was not sure how to incorporate the topics into a traditional school setting. I remember working in a school where the teachers and admin dreaded taking there class outside for physical activity because they children were not contained in a room like a gym. I disagree with that aspect of learning because I felt like children need to be outside more during the school day. I wanted to learn how to incorporate going outside as much a possible through the core subjects to encourage students to want to go outside to learn.
What will I use in the future.
- I intend to use these pedagogies as much in my future classroom even if we do not go outside. I want an open mindset on how to teach and not be so focused on one subject at a time because they overlap. If you have the mindset to teach the concepts not the subject the students learning will go a long way.
Important Resources
These links and references are from what I have gathered from educational resources, websites, and podcasts.
The outdoor learning store is based in the Columbia basin and a few highlights from this site is that they have The Earthy Chats Podcast, books, online learning workshops, and other educational resources. Check this website out for more outdoor educational resources.
The next section is different links to other school in BC and Alberta that are not through a public school system.
Waldorf schools the main mission for this school system is to offer a developmentally appropriate, experiential, and academically rigorous approach to education. They integrate the arts in all academic disciplines for children from preschool through twelfth grade to enhance and enrich learning. Waldorf Education aims to inspire life-long learning in all students and to enable them to fully develop their unique capacities. Quote from BC Waldorf website
The Waldorf Independent School of Edmonton
Montessori School System
Montessori school systems the mission of the Association Montessori Internationale (Canada) is to support the natural development of the human being from birth to maturity enabling children to become the transforming elements of society leading to a harmonious and peaceful world.
AMI Canada Website
Local Montessori schools In the Kootenays
Coastal area of BC
Central BC
Alberta
Nature Schools
Nature schools or forest schools are independent schools whose mission is to teach in the outdoors and independent learning style. Most nature schools have homeschooled programs for a flexible learning style for the children and parents.
Schools in BC
Vancouver Island
Okanagan
Kootenays
Alberta
Calgary
Outdoor Learning Space
Outdoor learning spaces this is more for the traditional school system where they have an outdoor learning space for the school to use and learn from.
The one locally is Lindsay Park School in Kimberley BC.
