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Teach OutdoorsWalking Curriculum with Dr. Gillian JudsonOur guest today is Dr. Gillian Judson, assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She has a passion for looking at imagination’s role in leadership and learning. We discuss what the walking curriculum is and how we can incorporate cognitive tools to help us imaginatively and emotionally engage our learners. Gillian shares some examples of her inquiry questions and how they are used by Kelsey Keller in her intermediate classroom. Dr. Gillian Judson :Twitter: @perfinker Blog: www.educationthatinspires.ca Books:Walking Curriculum, Evoking Wonder And Developing Sense of Plac...2021-11-2728 min
Teach OutdoorsPlace-Based Learning Through Story and Mapping with Kelsey KellerMentoring Nature Connections is all about sharing our experiences and questions about outdoor explorations. I'm hoping you'll join us on our journey of investigating nature with our learners. Today we are joined by Kelsey Keller, a Grade 3/4/5 Montessori teacher at Baker Drive in Coquitlam, BC. Together we are exploring the topic of place-based learning and how we make the connection between story, perspective, and mapping. Key questions we are going to tackle today include:How can we see place as being our teacher?How can we uncover the history of our land?Ho...2021-02-2630 min