Nature’s Classroom
EDUC 600
2 CREDITS
$290
St. Cloud
Instructor: Dewey Walsh, Ed.D.
Grading: Letter
Monday, June 24, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: AmericInn Hotel, St. Cloud, MN
Academic Level: K-12 Professional Development
NDSU Credit Fee: $100 + Partner Course Fee: $190
Course Description:
Participants will learn the importance of outdoor (nature) education and its ability to stimulate and motivate student learning and creativity in math, language, health, physical development, and science for pre-kindergarten through senior high school students.
Objectives:
As a result of participation in this course, students will:
1. Learn about the importance of outdoor education and nature’s ability to enhance student learning.
2. Learn about activities that will foster student learning across the curriculum from arts to science, math, reading and technology.
3. Learn about mental acuity.
4. Learn about creativity.
5. Promote health and wellness
6. Learn about activities that will foster student learning across the curriculum from art to science, math, reading and technology.
Text:
The required text is: Louv, R. (2008). Last Child in the Woods, revised edition. NC: Algonquin Books of Capital Hill. Textbook can be ordered from http://www.amazon.com