The Outdoor Learning Podcast
A podcast about Outdoor Learning that brings together research and real-world experience teaching outside.
Derek and Chris, two experienced outdoor educators, have conversations with each other and other outdoor educators about various practical aspects of using outdoor learning. Our goal is to provide educators who are new to outdoor learning and those who are experienced with ideas on how to start using the outdoor environment in their education practice and ways to expand how to use it more.
Episodes
20 episodes
Taking the First Steps Outside with Andrew Knorr and Denee Beauchamp
In this episode, Derek and Chris talk with Andrew Knorr and Denee Beauchamp, two elementary teachers from Saskatoon who are embracing outdoor learning as a way to spark curiosity, strengthen relationships, and re-energize both students and teac...
From the Ground Up: Building Outdoor Learning Programs with Gillian Edlund
In this episode, Derek and Chris talk with Gillian, a longtime, friend, educator, mentor, and co-creator of the Let’s Lead – Nikanetan program, about what it really takes to build an outdoor learning program from the ground up. Drawing on years...
From Ladybugs to Land-Based Learning: Making Outdoor Education Work with Nicole Turner
In this episode, Derek and Chris sit down with Nicole Turner to explore the realities, challenges, and opportunities of outdoor learning across grade levels.Nicole shares her journey from outdoor camps to classroom teaching and her work ...
Diversity Education in Nature with Camille S. Edwards and Dan Kriesberg
In this episode of The Outdoor Learning Podcast, we’re joined by Camille S. Edwards and Dan Kriesberg, co-creators of Diversity Education in Nature. Together, they bring decades of experience in DEI work and enviro...
Learning On The Land in Highschool with Aron Knudsen
We meet up with Aron Knudsen, teacher in Saskatoon Public this week. We talk about Land-Based Learning, the importance of community in the classroom, as well as working with your community to create learning opportunities, and how t...
Weather Weaving Project with Jenn Herrod
This week we catch up with Jenn Herrod, teacher in Saskatoon Public. She shares with us her Weather Weaving project that she uses with her elementary students. We also talk Affordances, gush about Robin Wall Kimmerer and chat about why Polar Be...
Keri Albert & the iGen Program
This week, we connect with Keri Albert, the creator and teacher of IGen, an intergenerational program for grade 6 students that takes place at College Park School and the Sherbrooke Community Center. She shares with us how intergeneration...
Outdoor Learning from the Admin Perspective with Ian Wilson
Today we connect with Ian Wilson, a long time Principal in Saskatoon Public. Ian is a strong supporter of outdoor learning. We chat a bit about his experiences with Outdoor Learning , things that he does to support and encourage outdoor learnin...
Season 2! Risk Management, Challenges and Ideas
In this episode, we kick off season 2 with a conversation between the two of us about some of the things we have been working on this past summer that are designed to support other outdoor educators in taking their students out of the classroom...
Outdoor Learning From a Student Perspective
In today's episode we meet up with a former student from Derek's program, Chance Blythe, to talk about his experiences in Outdoor Learning as a student throughout his educational career and how it might connect to his future goals of becoming a...
Outdoor Learning in Early Years with Maxine & Brianna
Derek and Chris talk with Maxine and Brianna, a dynamic duo of primary teachers from one of the Nature schools in the Saskatoon Public School Division.We talk about nature-based learning in the early years and primary context, how to enr...
Learning From the Land with Sandy Chocan
Chris and Derek join Sandy Chocan to talk about Cree Language, Land-Based Learning, Cultural Camps and students' need to build a connection to the land. Sandy also shares about the Circle of Courage and how Outdoor Learning can help teachers to...
Outdoor Learning vs Field Trips with Gabby
Chris and Derek connect with Gabby, a grade 8 teacher in Saskatoon Public who regularly uses Outdoor Learning in her classroom. We talk about pedagogical choices, how to work through challenges, and finding ways to communicate our inten...
Getting Started with Outdoor Learning with Evan Nienaber
In this episode we connect with Evan Nienaber, a teacher from Saskatoon Public. We talk about getting started with Outdoor Learning, affordances, relationships, failure and learning and how all those parts are connected. We also talk about rele...
Project Walks with Mandy Cooper
Our guest for this episode is Mandy Cooper who has been teaching for over 10 years and has been teaching Let’s Lead – Nikanetan for the past 6 years. In our conversation with Mandy, we talk about Project Walk and Talks with Mandy and how...
Get Outside 101 Conference Promo
Get Outside 101 ConferenceSaturday, October 5University of Saskatchewan in the Education BuildingHead over to https://saskoutdoors.org/event/get-outside-101-sas...
Building Community Relationships with Nancy Barr
Our guest for this episode is Nancy Barr who has been teaching for over 20 years, and has used outdoor and out of school learning to build relationships with community members. In our conversation with Nancy, we talk about learning on and...
Starting the Year with Outdoor Learning Round Table
Just in time for a new school year! In this episode we gathered with Nancy Barr, Evan Nienaber, and Skyler Haugen, a group of outdoor educators, for a round table discussion on how we start off our year in a good way. W...
Releasing Control with Brad Watts
Our guest for this episode is Brad Watts, an experienced outdoor learning educator, who in his words, has been teaching for about 20ish years. He literally started his teaching career as a result of being able to take students on a campin...