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Outdoor EDcastTalking about Eco-AnxietyWelcome to season 2 of Outdoor EDcast (formerly known as Disconnect: The Outdoor Education Podcast)
Scott Durling & Dr Rhéa Rocque talk about how to tackle the subject of Eco-Anxiety with your students.
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This podcast is powered by Pinecast.2023-12-181h 04
Outdoor EDcastSeason 2 announcement!Episode Notes
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Join us for a professional development session if you can!!2023-11-2004 min
Outdoor EDcastTake Me Outside: Interview with Colin HarrisEpisode Notes
Colin Harris is the the founder and executive director of Take Me Outside, as well as a PhD candidate in educational research at the University of Calgary. In today's episdoe, you'll hear about Take Me Outside and Colin's run across Canada to promote the cause of taking kids outside to learn.
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2022-07-1400 min
Outdoor EDcastRebirthEpisode Notes
Rebirth
Cover Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2022-04-1816 min
Outdoor EDcastJennifer Engbrecht on Teaching Music Outdoors + Citizen Science with the NCCEpisode Notes
Jennifer Engbrecht's Twitter - https://twitter.com/prairiemusik
Get involved in citizen science with the Nature Conservancy of Canada!
Episode cover photo by Brendan Beale on Unsplash
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2021-05-0900 min
Outdoor EDcastPlace-Based Education: Interview with David SobelEpisode Notes
David Sobel's website
Don't forget to email me a short voice memo letting me know what your favourite interview, big takeaway, your Aha! moment from the past year of interviews! I'd love to hear from you! Send to disconnectpodcast@protonmail.com
The music you heard at the end of the episode is by the band Moonfield, whose guitarist is a colleague of mine! Please check them out if you enjoyed what you heard!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moonfieldwpg/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/moonfieldwpg/
Email: wpg.moonfield@gmail.com
2021-04-151h 08
Outdoor EDcastRisky Play - An Interview with Dr. Mariana BrussoniEpisode Notes
Resources
OutsidePlay.ca
Outdoor Play Canada
Brussoni Lab - Dr. Mariana Brussoni's Website
Loose Parts Play Toolkit 2019 - Inspiring Scotland
Risk-Benefit Assessment: A Canadian Toolkit
Risk-Benefit Assessment Form - Play England
Megan Zeni's website | Resources for teaching outside, referenced by Dr. Brussoni
Extra reading & research on the topic
Kids more active, less depressed when playgrounds include natural elements
Risky Play and Children’s Safety: Balancing Priorities for Optimal Child Development
Risky-play at school. Facilitating risk perception and competence in young children
Children's Expressions of Exhilaration and Fear in Risky Play
Outdoor risky pl...2021-02-211h 04
Outdoor EDcastEvolutionary Psychology: When Ancestral Learning is Confronted with the Modern ClassroomEpisode Notes
Links from today's show:
Dr. Peter Gray's 'The Wisdom of Hunter-Gatherers'
Annette Taylor's Website - The Cavedweller Club
Features in Psychology Today:
Surviving Quarantine with a Smile
Cellphones as Modern Weapons
Other articles:
Mismatch Between Our Biologically Evolved Educative Instincts and Culturally Evolved Schools
Why kids need risk, fear and excitement in play
Great Lake Erie Educators Exchange Network
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2021-01-2353 min
Outdoor EDcastThe Queer Youth Camp ExperienceEpisode Notes
This episode, we take a look at the experience of queer youth at outdoor camps. With the help of Dr. Fenton Litwiller, Assistant Professor in the faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba, and Elyse Rylander, founder of Out There Adventures, we aim to look at the role of outdoor camps in the lives of queer youth.
Links from today's episode:
Dr. Fenton Litwiller
‘You can see their minds grow’: identity development of LGBTQ youth at a residential wilderness camp
When Bunks Become Closets and How to Open Them...2020-11-051h 15
Outdoor EDcastBack to School 2020Episode Notes
Today's episode is a reflection on the upcoming school year. I'll be back with more interviews later, but today's episode is some food for thought as your prepare for the months ahead.
You can now find me on Twitter! @OutdoorEdCast
I'd love to hear from you, email me at disconnectpodcast@protonmail.com
3 Questions to ask youself before using an app in your lesson
Is it essential to achieving your learning outcome?
Does the app require an account to use?
Is it equitable?
Background photo for today's episode art courtesy...2020-08-2521 min
Outdoor EDcast10 tips for teaching outside: An interview with Megan Zeni, the Classroom GardenerEpisode Notes
Check out the following links which we referred to during today's interview with Megan Zeni, the classroom gardener.
Megan's 10 tips for teaching outside
Megan Zeni's Blog
National Wildlife Federation's Certify Your Garden Program
Canadian Wildlife Federation's Certify Your Garden Program
Space Tomatoes? Yes, check out the Tomatosphere
On today's episode, you heard the song Multiverse by Ketsa, use under the Creative Commons license
Background for the cover image for today's episode from Dirk Scheuble, from Unsplash.com.
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2020-08-0554 min
Outdoor EDcastSmall Steps: Start Small, Start EarlyEpisode Notes
On today's episode, we speak with Wynnston Denny, a kindergarten teacher from Austin, TX, who tells us about how he started with small activities and built up to a huge success in taking his class outside for school. We'll also look at a bit of research by David Sobel, from his book Childhood & Nature: Design Principles for Educators.
Artwork for today's episode by Annie Spratt, from unsplash.com.
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2020-07-1725 min
Outdoor EDcastInclusion, Part 1 - Interview with Mikah MeyerEpisode Notes
Mikah Meyer's Website
Mikah's Twitter
Mikah's Instagram
Guide to Allyship
At the end of today's episode, you heard the song "Sum Of My Fears" by Dazie Mae.
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2020-06-2932 min
Outdoor EDcastOnce Upon a PlaygroundEpisode Notes
An interview with Emily Reid of Glasgow, Scotland's Ecodrama theatre company to explore how imagination can bridge the gap for city school lacking access to nature. The 'Out To Play' draws upon the talents of drama artists to engage school children in their environments and get them reconnecting with nature. In today's episode, you heard Roll Jordan Roll by the Joy Drops.
Essay Transcript
I call today's episode Once Upon a Playground. Not only is it a quote from the program which today's guest will be speaking to us about, but...2020-04-1851 min
Outdoor EDcastPassions: A Tale of Two Types of TeachersAbout today's show.
In today's episode, we talk with Dr. Ben Schellenberg of the University of Manitoba. Dr. Schellenberg studies passions and explains to us how different types of passions can lead to vastly different outcomes for the same habits or actions. We'll explore how this applies to our teaching and see what the best way is to begin incorporating small elements of nature education into any subject material at any grade.
Essay Transcript
Passion might seem like a strange topic for an Outdoor Education podcast, but if you’re listening to me ri...2020-04-0427 min
Outdoor EDcastThe Quarantine Effect: Why NOW Is The Best Time To Talk About NatureEpisode Notes
On today's episode we'll look at the effect of isolation and quarantine on desire to be outside and also how it improves creativity and sense of belonging in a community.
As mentioned in the episode, here are links to Air Quality Data Websites.
https://waqi.info/
https://www.airvisual.com/earth
Find out more at https://disconnect.pinecast.co2020-03-2413 min
Outdoor EDcastWhat is COVID-19 teaching us about the importance of Outdoor Education?Episode Notes
With the entire world talking about covid-19, what can we, as outdoor education teachers, take away from this? Tonight's bonus episode takes a brief look at how Outdoor Education is the perfect place to teach community and to help students understand how their actions can have immediate effects on their surroundings and on their community.2020-03-1409 minOutdoor EDcastIdentity Crisis: Defining Outdoor Ed in 2020 (and for this Podcast)Episode Notes
The first episode of Disconnect: The Outdoor Education Podcast defines what Outdoor Education is for the purpose of the podcast. In doing so, it also asks questions (which will be answered in later episodes) about what Outdoor Education is in 2020, what its role is and where it belongs.
Connect with us over this week's question: what do you do with your class, your campers, your scouts or guides to reignite their senses?2020-03-1117 min