Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Nature, Culture and Art
TEACHING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM supports students' well-being, engagement, motivation and learning.
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In the course “Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Nature, Culture, and Art,” you will have the opportunity to experience education beyond the traditional classroom setting.
Description
This course is designed for educators and teachers who want to improve their teaching methods by incorporating museums, nature, and urban environments into their lessons. By moving education beyond the classroom, we support students’ well-being, engagement, motivation and learning.
The course will take place in various locations, allowing you to engage with professional visual arts, work in nature, and explore the Wadden Sea. It will emphasize “Playful Ƶing” -encouraging a playful approach to teaching. You will also create assignments based on what the city has to offer, gaining inspiration for including different subjects into your lessons.
During the five days, you will gain new skills, tools, and inspiration for your teaching and communication methods. The course also offers the chance to build a European network by connecting with the other participants.
Ƶing objectives
Ƶing outcome – objectives
The course Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Nature, Culture, and Art will help participants to:
- Integrate art into teaching to support students’ well-being.
- Plan and conduct lessons in urban environments.
- Combine learning beyond the classroom with “ordinary” classroom activities.
- Use playful approaches to foster motivation, creative thinking, and learning.
- Experience and implement activities in nature, applying various subjects.
- Design, plan, and share educational activities inspired by the environment.
- Understand the pedagogical and social benefits of learning beyond the classroom
Methodology & assessment
Different methods will be used.
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
The educators will introduce learning materials, which will be sent to the participants online after the course.
Certification details
ErasmusConnect will provide all participants with a CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:450Euro
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Course package content:
- The price of EURO 450 per person includes:
2 x lunch - ferry-ticket to the island of Fanø
- entrance to museum
- bus-transport (1 day to Esbjerg-location)
- Erasmus-documentation (“certificate of attendance”, signatures on learning agreement etc.)
The participants will arrange and pay their own transport/travel to Esbjerg in Denmark, accommodation and meals (please see - 2 lunches are included). - The price of EURO 450 per person includes:
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
In case of cancellation 1 month before the start of the course the amount of EURO 450 will be refunded.
In case of unforeseen circumstances the participants are expected to be covered by their own insurance.
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Primary education (ISCED 1)Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
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Target audience type:TeacherHead Teacher / PrincipalTeacher Educator
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Ƶing time:20-25 hours
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