Nature inclusive teaching 4: Course & curriculum design and implementation

With these activities we aim to help teachers and programme committees to implement nature inclusive teaching. Consisting of several moments of exchange, practice, intervision and reflection.

Currently we offer design workshops and intervision meetings.

In the design workshop you can bring questions related to implementing nature inclusive teaching in your course/programme and others will think along, share ideas, ask questions, etc.

Intervision meeting
If you bring Nature Inclusive Education (NiE) into practice and are in need for some extra peer consultation (intervision) in small groups, you are welcome to join. Minimum group size is 5. The session will be guided by a trainer from Teaching & Learning Centre.

Programme, 120 minutes:
•    Welcome round
•    Case-selection of two cases  (if you have a case, write STQ* and bring it)
•    Peer rounds
•    Individual reflection & wrap-up

*STQ: Write down, just for yourself, a still urgent, unsolved case around a NiE situation
•    Describe the situation in 1 or 2 sentences. Be as specific and to the point as possible
•    Describe what exactly triggers you in this situation in 1 or 2 sentences (What triggers me is...)
•    Formulate a question considering this trigger (How can I ...., What can I do to ....., etc)

Facilitator: Marieke van Schaik

Target group

We welcome all WUR education staff who are excited to implement nature inclusive methods in their teaching and/or interaction with students. (Teachers, study advisors, programme committee members)

Pre-requisites for this module

Module 1: onboarding module on nature inclusive education and worldviews regarding human-nature relations.

or other relevant experience.

Learning outcomes

After the successful completion of this module you will be able to:

• More information will follow.

Literature

This is the fourth module in a series that will allow you to deepen your understanding of and ability to apply nature-inclusive methods. Full series:

• Module 1: onboarding module on nature inclusive education and worldviews regarding human-nature relations. Consisting of self-study and several moments of exchange and reflection
• Module 2: Teaching with nature: exploring and implementing (outdoor) relational teaching methods 
• Module 3: Care in the classroom: supporting students in social-environmental responsibility and anxiety
• Module 4: course design module on the translation of the learning from earlier models into course design.

These modules have been developed and will be co-taught in collaboration between NatureCollege foundation (Lian Kasper and Louise van der Stok) and TLC (Marca Gresnigt).

Costs

Participation is free for Wageningen University & Research staff involved in teaching in a Wageningen University Degree programme.

Cancellation

We consider registration as final. When cancelled within three weeks before the course activities start, your chair group will be charged all costs of your subscription (€350,-).
If there are less than 6 participants in the course, the Teaching and Learning Centre may cancel the course and notify you at the latest 2 weeks before the start of the course.