wtorek, 14 września 2021
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Outdoor education in Finnish schools in OULU
W dniach 23 -27 sierpnia 2021 pan Marcin Kosterkiewicz wziął udział w kursie Outdoor Education in Finnish schools w Oulu w Finlandii. W kursie przygotowanym przez Finnish sustainability education services uczestniczyli nauczyciele z wielu krajów europejskich.
Climate change and loss of biodiversity are the main global threats to human and natural well-being. Although there is enough information, there has been very little progress in peoples' environmental behavior.
Knowledge is not enough to change peoples' behavior. Changing behavior to be more environmental responsibility requires not only knowledge but also positive values and attitudes towards nature. "What you love you don't want to destroy".
Nature education and environmental education have strong status in Finnish school tradition. Education is based on pupils' experiences in real nature. The aim of outdoor education is to strengthen pupils' positive relationship to nature, because according the researches it has been shown that positive relationship to nature is the basis for pupils' environmental responsibility behavior.
Main topics were:
- Finnish education system and teacher training
- Education for sustainable development (ESD) at school
- The connection of outdoor education to ESD
- Outdoors activities in Nature school
- Pedagogical teaching materials and equipment used in Nature School
- Teaching different school subjects outdoor (e.g. math, biology, sport)
- Strengthen participants personal relationship to nature
- Hiking skills trainings (e.g. orienteering, fishing, canoeing, making food on fire)
- Visit Rokua National Park/ Rokua Geopark