Outdoor Education is a method of teaching a learning process in the outdoors for exploration and discovery about the environment using first-hand experience involving all courses of study.
Outdoor Education has 2 definition elements
A learning climate that takes place outdoors.
A method of teaching a learning process (problem solving).
Outdoor Education :
could be a subject
is not a subject itself
is not a repeat of what is done in the classroom (math under some trees)
is not a substitute for the classroom
should be considered as an extension of the classroom
should be an active learning experience
could be a process or a method
is interdisciplinary
could be a setting (outdoors)
utilizes the outdoors to enrich learning
is person centered and community orientated
Other names for Outdoor Education:
Outdoor Education covers the different types of education that take place in the outdoors. These include:
