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BRAND NEW TEACHER'S AQ COURSE IN OEE This July
FINALLY! The
Ontario College of Teachers has recognized Outdoor Experiential
Education as an approach to learning worthy of a Schedule C Additional
Qualification Course for Teachers.
And, this coming July, Lakehead University offers the course in a
blended format, where four days are spent at the Norval Outdoor School
near Georgetown and the balance of the course is covered online.
Click here for
more detail.
Application Deadline: June
25, 2010.
2007 COEO PUBLICATION:
RECONNECTING
CHILDREN
Through Outdoor
Education
A Research Summary
Thanks to a one-year Ontario Trillium Grant (see next news item below),
COEO is very proud to announce its publication of Reconnecting Children Through Outdoor
Education, an
80-page document summarizing a wide array of current and international
research into the multiple, powerful and lasting outcomes produced
through outdoor and experiential education (OEE). The comprehensive
document has 169 end notes and 101 references. The findings are
reported according to COEO's four stated values, namely, education for
curriculum and community, character, wellbeing, and environment.
In addition to a text that details
compelling research, different programs and exemplary instances of
government initiatives to establish and make effective use of OEE, this
document
features a number of great colour photos of students powerfully
connecting with themselves, others and their natural surroundings
through outdoor learning. It also provides a number of evidence-based
recommendations to the Ontario government as well as to Canadian
postgraduate schools.
COEO hopes that Reconnecting
Children will
contribute significantly to current discussions about making today's
youth more active and comfortable in the outdoors, more confident about
their own abilities and their interactions with others, and more
connected through their hands, heart and mind to the natural life
support systems of this planet.
Please note lowered pricing, effective Sept.
16, 2008.
For the Executive Summary, click here.
For a sample page layout, click here.
For what others are saying about Reconnecting
Children, click here.
For testimonials since its publication, click
here.
For Ontario orders, click here.
For other Canadian
orders, click here.
For all International
orders (including USA), click
here.
COEO Promotional Poster:
COEO’s poster promotes the four key values of outdoor education as well
as our web site. You are welcome to download
and print this image as long as you make use of the full graphic.
Globe and Mail Article:
In September 2007, Grant Linney wrote an online op-ed about the need to
expose children to the environment rather than dumping it on them. This
piece includes a link to the COEO web site.
Globe
and Mail Article:
In September 2006, Grant Linney wrote an op-ed urging that we enable
our children to reclaim the outdoors through outdoor and experiential
education.
Toronto Star Article:
In August 2004, Grant Linney wrote an op-ed explaining why outdoor
education should be a publicly funded
and essential part of every child’s education for the future.
An
Exemplary Hazard Tree Policy and Action Strategy Thanks to
arborist Michael Bradley of the Grand River Conservation Authority for
sharing this important document with us.
COEO TRILLIUM GRANT
Thanks to a one-year grant (Feb. 2006 to
Feb. 2007) from the
Ontario Trillium Foundation, COEO has has been able to take major
initiatives in four areas:
- Develop a better understanding
of the potential for an expanded outdoor education community that
includes individuals and organizations from a greater diversity of
cultural and socio-economic backgrounds
- Increase the number of educators
engaged and competent in outdoor education
- Review and synthesize current research
into the value of outdoor education
- Develop a long term strategic
plan that incorporates the aforementioned initiatives and provides
sustainable steps for COEO to further promote, support and develop
outdoor education in Ontario
Please send us any
outdoor education news items that you feel would interest COEO members.
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is a means of quickly sending out information about upcoming COEO
events as well as news of interest to outdoor educators.
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