Outdoor education - Nurturing through Nature-Role of nature in nurturing personality of learners ( Education Psychology) BEd.

1. SURESH BABU G
Assistant Professor
CPAS CTE Paippad , Kottayam

2.  Outdoor education
usually refers to organized
in outdoor.
 It can be simply
described as experiential
learning in the outdoors.
 The team outdoor
education is widely
used to refer to a
range of organized
activities, which take
place in verity of ways,
predominately outdoor
environment.

3. Aims of Outdoor Education
Develop a deeper relationship with nature.
Enhance personal and
social development.
Learn how to overcome
adversity and increase
resilience.

4.  Promote direct learning
 Challenging experience outdoors impacts
powerfully op on a young person’s intellectual,
physical, spiritual, social and moral development.
 It make a positive attitude to education.
 Education becomes enjoyable activity.
 Enhances social development
 Participation in learning time
becomes more.
 Active learning
 Develop communication ,
problem solving and
decision making skills

5. Curricular Approach in Outdoor Education
A contribution of positive and personal
learning experience in local settings such as
parks and the school yard, where students
can connect their knowledge and skills to their
daily lives.
The more personal children’s experience with
nature. This will aid the development of
children’s environment values which will lead
to environmentally responsible behaviors.

6. Role of nature in personality of leaner's.
 Physical environment determines the
personality of an individual.
 Environmental factors include land, river, river,
mountain, hills, forests, plain area, atmosphere,
etc.. Which affect the personality to be good or
bad, healthy or week.

7. All the feelings,
emotions, ideas,
attitudes, habits
and behavior as well
as body structure
is the result of
physical environment
of individual.
Environment affect
the cultural factors.

8.  Learning depends on the school and social
environment.
 Attitude of learner depends on the environment.

9. Child who spend more time outdoors make more
friends.
Learning outside improves
attitudes to learning
Creates a more active imagination.
Children are happier than indoor.
Time outside increase focus on tasks.
Improves problem solving skill.
Improves mental wellbeing and self-esteem
Freedom outdoors can reduce aggression.
It reduce obesity.

10.  Safety and health problem.
 Additional paper work needed.
 Some subject studies have limited scope.
 Weather problem.
 Natural hazards