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A. J. Martin; I. Turcová; T. Brtník; J. Neuman – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
In the Czech Republic there has been a growing interest in education in nature ["výchova v prírode"] in connection with accreditation as a field of study. Outdoor experiential educator Jan Neuman, who died in April 2021, was instrumental in the development and formalisation of Czech education in nature programmes over the past 50 years.…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Moore, Daneell D.; Sartin, Loleta D. – Social Studies, 2021
The Junior Knight Camp is an annual summer program that specifically supports elementary school students in an effort to increase knowledge of social studies using an interdisciplinary thematic approach. This interdisciplinary approach includes STEM, the arts, literacy, and physical education. The camp operates on multiple campuses of the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Camps, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students
Zabe MacEachren – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
Today's environmental challenges present us with the opportunity to enhance our ability to hear the voices of the more-than-human world. This was an aptitude that was central to our ancestral practices. Efforts to develop pedagogies that redirect our ways of being in the world are emerging under the broad title, "wild pedagogies." This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Hatch, Thomas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
Taking advantage of the possibilities for learning outside of school requires us to build on what we know about why it is so hard to sustain and scale up unconventional educational experiences within conventional schools. To illustrate the opportunities and challenges, Thomas Hatch describes a large-scale approach to project-based learning…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
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Juanita Blackton; Alla McCaughey – English Teaching Forum, 2024
As the demand for opportunities to learn English grows throughout the world, parents and educators are looking for innovative ways to engage students in English-learning opportunities. Perhaps your school or municipality will seek to initiate an English Camp to be on trend with this growing need. Or perhaps, like many go-getter teachers, you wish…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Camps, Open Educational Resources
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Bacon, Jamie P.; Ziepniewski, Cathy – Voices in Education, 2017
Bermuda's fragile environment is under threat. Rising sea levels due to global warming, ocean acidification, invasive lionfish, plastic debris and locally generated water pollution are just a few of the issues that should concern all of Bermuda's residents. Now, more than ever, "environmental education" should be a critical part of every…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Consciousness Raising
Renner, Hans-Georg – Online Submission, 2012
This paper describes practical examples of Adventure Therapy in the accompaniment of grieving children and adolescents in Germany. The article shows possible ways for colleagues, also in other countries, and wants to encourage professional companions to approach Adventure Therapy, as well as to stimulate exchange.
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Grief, Adventure Education