RECONNECTING TO NATURE TO SUPPORT OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Training Objectives

This training is designed for educators and teachers who want to:

• Understand why outdoor learning is essential for children’s overall development.
• Identify personal, organisational, and cultural barriers that limit outdoor practice.
• Strengthen their intrinsic motivation to take children outside more regularly.
• Experience how personal nature connection supports professional confidence and action.
• Learn simple, realistic tools to integrate outdoor time into daily educational routines.
• Develop a more grounded, confident posture for leading learning experiences outdoors.

Training Methods

• Outdoor immersion: learning outside to understand its value from the inside.
• Sensory and embodied activities to feel the regulating effects of nature.
• Accessible scientific insights (neurobiology, environmental psychology) to explain motivation and learning mechanisms.
• Practical exercises to translate experiences into concrete educational practices.
• Peer discussions to identify obstacles and share workable solutions.
• Guided reflection moments to anchor personal motivation and define next steps.