Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Natural and Cultural Landscape

Aim

After completion of the course the student shall

• demonstrate deepended knowledge of historical background and contemporary research in the field of environmental and sustainability education
• be able to discuss and problematize central concepts in outdoor and sustainability education
• explore possibilities, and critically analyse environmental and sustainability education in potential and relevant outdoor environments
• independently plan, conduct and evaluate a longer excursion with focus on environmental and sustainability education outdoors, considering risk, safety and equality.

Content

Recent research in the field of environmental and sustainability education is the frame work for the course. Focus is on how learning environment outside the classroom can be a relevant alternative in environmental and sustainability education. The theoretical background of outdoor education as well as contemporary research and praxis is discussed and problematized. Human relationship with nature is one dimension in outdoor as well as sustainability education, and the course considers perspectives on human-place relations. The course includes central concepts in environmental and sustainability education such as planetary boundaries and ecosystem services. The students practice planning, conducting and evaluating outdoor teaching.