An outdoor education program builds community and culture, raises expectations and standards, increases connection between students and participants, and develops positive associations.
Five top Benefits of outdoor education: -
• It builds community of enterprising minds.
• It raises connections. helps children to learn the art of Networking.
• It raises the standards and develops expectation levels.
• It builds a culture of compassion, tolerance and sincerity.
• It inculcates the skills of becoming more resilient and never say die attitude.
Our program connects participants with nature. It complements every individual with’ mental, physical and spiritual development through experiential learning as they get involved with various elements of natural surroundings.
Being in contact with nature
There is growing discussion of ‘nature deficit disorder’ is a new adage that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors, and the belief that this change results in a wide range of behavioral problems. This disorder is not recognized in any of the medical manuals for mental disorders. An ‘outcome-driven’ industry of tick boxes, ‘milestones and performance indicators are destroying our closeness to nature itself and, as such, our own natural instincts!!
Tangible contact with nature’s reality is too large a sacrifice for any part of society to make. There are real dangers involved. There are huge pitfalls if we drift apart from closeness and respect for the natural environment.
Encouraging Reflection
Don’t be afraid to go with the flow when the moment arises. Some of our best group moments that live long in the memory are spur of the moment... a quick scramble up a hill to watch the sun setting over mountains and a torchlight descent, a mad dash through fields, fences, flocks of sheep to catch the last of the setting sun on a beautiful remote beach on the Outer Hebrides.
It takes skill and judgement to get the most out of outdoor experience. The best facilitators combine the ability to work with others to develop programs and go with the ‘flow’. They need to respond to the moment and yet not just leave things to chance.
Their focus is upon helping people to engage with the things they have set out to do and to learn from the experience. Their tasks include encouraging people to attend to what has been going on; look to their feelings; build new understandings; and to act. It involves what has become known as experiential learning.
