Learning in Outdoor Education

On Friday 17th of August we went to Royal National Park. The first thing that met us was the stunning ocean view, with unique sandstone cliffs going straight down in the water. The colours on the sandstones were remarkable at first glance and makes the area amazingly beautiful and really picture friendly. We did a spectacular coastal walk where we got to take a lot of pictures and observe and talk about the landscape around us while walking. I have chosen three pictures from the walk and based on these pictures I will share my reflections on the ecosystem in the Royal National Park and compare this to the ecosystem where I come from.    A coastal ecosystem are areas in nature where the water meets the land. This creates a unique environment with distinct species and landscape that is influenced by both nature powers like erosion and human influence in the respective area. The coastal ecosystem in the Royal National Park is really different from that of my hometown Trondheim i...

Welcome to my blog! This is the very first post, and I will start by answering some questions; What prior experimental learning are you bringing to the subject, why have you chosen Outdoor Education, what do you personally add to the group, and what are your expectations for the session? In University, I have never done a course based on experimental learning. I’m studying professional psychology in Norway where the first four years is very heavy academic approach with a lot of reading and very little practical/experimental learning. In high school, I did a course where we did internships in different companies, and after gathering information and trying and failing on different business concepts we started our own business. I found that so rewarding, and really liked that approach to learning. I chose outdoor education because the outdoors is my big passion in life. I’m from Norway where we are surrounded by mountains and woods everywhere, and I think it’s no greater th...