Outdoor Education and Experiential Learning in Schools and Kindergartens Exchange programme

Outdoor Education and Experiential Learning in Schools and Kindergartens Exchange programme

In this programme you will get to learn more about Norwegian outdoor culture and practical skills of outdoor life, experience outdoor life in a variety of environments in the local area of Vestfold and its surroundings: the coastline, the forests and the lakes.

About the education

In the two modules of this study, outdoor activities and experiential learning are intertwined with theoretical aspects on outdoor education and place-based learning. Active participation individually and in groups in outdoor activities are essential. We work with practical skills and activities, storytelling and environmental learning. A variation of informal assessments and documentation of learning processes includes projects, individual written texts, oral presentations, storytelling, You will work with photography and graphics, video, animation and hypertexts.

In both modules there will be a focus on multimodal presentations and documentation. Through project work, students will, in addition to verbal text, be using various (digital) media forms to inform and to describe. On excursions and in classroom, activities will include photography and graphics, video, animation and hypertext.

We will be offering these two modules:

• Sense of place (15 ECTS)
• Experiential learning; field biology, ecology and nature philosophy (15 ECTS)

There will be a fee for the excursion in Nordic skiing. Charge: 3500,- NOK.