The beginning of the journey

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 thing in life than sharing outdoor experiences with other people. Personally I think I can add optimism and positivity to the group, but I’m also used to being in the outdoors and can therefore help others if it’s needed. My expectations for the session is that we get to learn a lot about ourselves, the group and the Australian outdoors by learning-by-doing. I’m also working on the media campaign right now which I find really rewarding, it’s a great way to incorporate new knowledge by working with multimedia tools.

- Iphigenia Hellen