Outdoor Learning PD Modules
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Introduction to Outdoor Learning
CourseUnlock the potential of outdoor learning to enhance student engagement, creativity, and resilience. Gain practical strategies for designing impactful outdoor experiences in any educational setting.
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Outdoor Music: Enhancing Learning Through Nature
CourseExplore how outdoor environments can inspire musical creativity, performance, and listening. This module invites educators to harness natural and built soundscapes to enrich rhythm, melody, and composition tasks.
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Outdoor Geography: Engaging Students Beyond the Classroom
CourseTransform your geography teaching with innovative outdoor learning strategies. Discover practical tools to enhance student engagement through real-world exploration and interaction.
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Outdoor English: Enhancing Learning Through Nature
CourseTransform English learning by utilizing outdoor environments! Engage creativity and critical thinking through nature-inspired writing, storytelling, and analysis.
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Outdoor Humanities: Transformative Learning in Nature
CourseTransform your teaching through outdoor Humanities learning. Discover how to design and implement authentic, place-based activities that engage students and deepen their understanding of civic, economic, and ethical concepts.
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Outdoor Mathematics: Engaging Students Through Nature
CourseTransform math education by integrating outdoor activities that connect abstract concepts to real-world contexts, enhancing engagement and understanding.
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Outdoor Science: Transformative Learning in Nature
CourseTransform your teaching with outdoor science! Discover how to design and implement hands-on experiments that captivate students and enhance their understanding of scientific concepts.
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Outdoor Arts: Engaging Students Beyond the Classroom
CourseTransform your Arts teaching with innovative outdoor learning strategies. Discover practical tools to enhance student engagement through real-world exploration and interaction.
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Outdoor History: Engaging Students Through Nature
CourseTransform history education by integrating outdoor activities that connect abstract concepts to real-world contexts, enhancing engagement and understanding.
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Outdoor Learning in Technologies Education
CourseUnlock the potential of outdoor learning to enhance student engagement, creativity, and resilience. Gain practical strategies for designing impactful outdoor experiences within technologies education.
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Outdoor Languages: Transformative Learning in Nature
CourseTransform your teaching with engaging in the outdoors for Language Education ! Discover how to design and implement hands-on activities that captivate students and enhance their understanding of language concepts.
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Outdoors in Ethical and Intercultural capabilities: Transformative Learning in Nature
CourseTransform your teaching by using the outdoors to deepen students’ intercultural understanding and ethical reasoning. Discover how to design meaningful activities that engage learners and strengthen their ability to navigate diverse perspectives.
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Outdoor HPE: Enhancing Learning Through Nature
CourseTransform HPE learning by utilizing outdoor environments! Engage creativity and critical thinking through engaging students in outdoor environments across HPE classes.
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Outdoor Learning in Personal, Social, Critical, and Creative Thinking
CourseDiscover practical ways to use outdoor learning to strengthen personal, social, critical, and creative thinking through adaptable, low-resource activities across year levels.
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Outdoors for Cross-Curriculum Priorities - Enhancing Learning Through Nature
CourseOutdoor learning enriches the Cross-Curriculum Priorities by grounding concepts of Country, Asia–Australia connections, and sustainability in real settings. This module offers practical strategies to deepen cultural understanding and global awareness
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Instructor
Luke Parker - Lead Instructor [email protected]
Luke Parker is an award-winning educator, researcher, and leader specializing in outdoor learning and artificial intelligence in education. With a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas, Luke has explored the role of outdoor learning in U.S. education, including the first nationwide study of its implementation and impact.
Luke's professional journey began in Australian schools, where he combined his expertise in outdoor education and teaching. As an Education Officer for Outdoors Victoria since 2017, Luke spearheaded the development of over 30 teacher toolkits, equipping educators with strategies to integrate outdoor learning across curricula. His work has been instrumental in showcasing how outdoor environments can enrich learning in diverse subjects, from health and physical education to humanities and technologies.
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Acknowledgment
We sincerely thank the Department of Education and the Strategic Partnerships Program (SPP) for their generous support in making this program possible. Their commitment to professional development and inclusive education has allowed us to create and deliver these modules, equipping educators with the tools to foster meaningful outdoor learning experiences.
This initiative would not have been possible without the backing of the Department and the SPP, and we are proud to collaborate in empowering teachers to make a lasting impact in their classrooms.
