Designing Nature Education Experiences

Part 2 of the Nature Educator Course

What you'll learn

Design as an Immersive Nature Educator

Learn about pedagogies such as Nature-based, Place-based, and Inquiry-led

Choose equipment and materials to provide high-quality education, care, and instruction for Nature experiences

Prepare authentic learning experiences that will engage children and their families

Requirements

Highly recommended to have completed Part 1 of my 4-Part Nature Educator Course

A willingness to learn alongside nature and be open to new perspectives and possibilities in your practice⁠

Description

Welcome to this course that is all about design. Design in terms of becoming an Immersive Nature Educator. During this course, we will be choosing equipment and materials to provide high-quality education, care, and instruction for Immersive Nature Education Activities. We will be guided by pedagogies such as Nature-based, Place-based, and Inquiry-led.This course will guide you to lay out authentic learning experiences that will engage children and their families. It is intentionally designed to support you in creating Immersive Nature-based Programs. This course is definitely a great starting point for setting goals and laying out the foundations for Immersive Nature-based Activities.The goal of Immersive Nature Education is to spark children's imaginations, creativity, and curiosity about the natural world. It primarily wants to give children opportunities to explore and make discoveries in the place they are. Through these experiences, children are encouraged to assume some responsibility in caring for themselves and their environment.Specifically, Immersive Nature Education is focused on creating experiences that support skill development. Skills that will help them discover and provide them with basic natural science concepts upon which they can build an understanding of the natural world and the way it functions.The goal of this overall course is to support those involved in designing immersive nature experiences with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes that will encourage creative teaching and deep inclusive lifelong learning. We hope this design will bring quality education for all interested in immersive nature education to the forefront.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Design

Lecture 1 Lesson 1: Introduction

Section 2: Four principles while developing an Immersive nature education program

Lecture 2 Lesson 2

Section 3: Ten Nature Principles to Become an Immersive Nature Leader

Lecture 3 Lesson 3

Section 4: Our Five-Step Catch and Release Plan

Lecture 4 Lesson 4

Section 5: Material list

Lecture 5 Lesson 5

Section 6: Assessment

Lecture 6 Lesson 6

Section 7: A Love For Nature is Firstly Developed by a Love For Yourself

Lecture 7 Lesson 7

Section 8: Additional Discussion Part 1

Lecture 8 Lesson 8

Section 9: Additional Discussion Part 2

Lecture 9 Lesson 9

Educators, teachers, home-school/worldschool/natureschool/forestschool parents and practitioners, naturalists, conservationists, environmentalists⁠