Highlights:
- Nature-based teaching strategies
- Outdoor games and group challenges
- Emotional resilience through experiential learning
- Adventure pedagogy tools
- How to adapt outdoor activities to any school environment
Description:
This course explores how outdoor and adventure-based learning can improve student motivation, wellbeing and cooperation. Participants learn practical activities, group challenges and nature-based tasks that can be adapted to any age group and school setting. The course connects wellbeing, sustainability and experiential pedagogy—three major Erasmus priorities.
Aims and Objectives
Participants will:
- Discover outdoor learning methodologies
- Build a toolkit of nature-based and low-prep outdoor activities
- Learn groupwork, cooperation and resilience-building techniques
- Understand wellbeing benefits of experiential learning
- Develop outdoor lesson plans adaptable to any school
Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to:
- Facilitate outdoor learning safely and effectively
- Use adventure-based tasks to build cooperation
- Integrate wellbeing goals into teaching
- Adapt outdoor lessons for urban and indoor environments
- Apply risk management and safety protocols
Target groups: Teachers, school leaders, wellbeing coordinators.
Minimum level of language: English, B1
Location: Rovinj, Croatia
Duration of training: 35 lessons, 7 days
Date:
- 19-25 July 2026 Confirmed
- 18-24 July 2027 Planned
The final confirmation of the course is subject to reaching the minimum number of participants.
Price: EUR 560 + EUR 50 registration fee.
The price includes course, certificate, Erasmus+ documentation (if needed), welcome dinner and farewell cultural program
Price is NET . VAT: 0% for organisations with a valid EU VAT number; in all other cases VAT may apply – please contact us for details.
Applicable funds: As part of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (KA1), all costs for mobility /travel expenses, course fees, accommodation, subsistence fee/ are covered by the fund.
Planned program
Day 1: Sunday: Arrival, introduction of the course and the location, introduction of the participants
Registration during the day
14.30 – 15.00: Familiarisation with the site, health and safety briefing
15.00 – 17.30: Introduction of the course and trainer, introduction of the participants – 5 minutes for each participant to introduce themselves and their institution and the objectives they wish to achieve by completing the course
18.00 – 19.30: Informal get-together with the course participants over dinner.
Day 2: Monday
- Principles of outdoor learning; safety; risk awareness
Day 3: Tuesday
- Nature-based activities; environmental education; groupwork
Day 4: Wednesday
- Adventure pedagogy; low-equipment challenges; resilience skills
Day 5: Thursday
- Designing outdoor lessons; cross-curricular integration
Day 6. Friday
- Practical implementation; peer feedback; final reflection
Day 7: Saturday: End of the course – cultural programme
8.30 – 10.00: What did I learn this week? Preparing for dissemination – 5 minute presentation from each participant
10.00-10.15- Break
10.15-11.00:
- Evaluation and feedback of the course
- Certificates, attendance certificates
- Certificate issue – photography
11.30-16.00: Cultural programme – boat trip
