Importance of Outdoor Education in Instruction

Importance of Outdoor Education in Instruction Student’s Name Institution’s Affiliation’s Introduction Teaching or instructional methods vary in education depending on the level of the learners and the nature of the content taught in the classroom. Therefore, the teacher must select the most effective method of learning which is effective and holistic in the development of the learner. This paper is a reflective easy answering question on outdoors and nature education among the kindergarten learners. The earlier practice of the outdoor activities among the learners was not considered as learning because the children were left on their own to play in the environment. The style leads to the confinement of children in the classroom, and the teacher becomes the sole control of activities. The nature education enables interaction between the learners themselves and teacher to learner in the field hence makes learning interesting (Elliot et al. 2014). The outdoor style is irrelevant in the earlier practice because teaching was considered the teacher’s activity in the classroom where the learner sits and takes directions of the teacher. The forest education has elements that one can brow and put into school and family practice. The sparking engagement during forest learning is one element that one can put in school practice. According to Adrachuk et al. 2014, the educators can encourage the children who are new to the outdoor activities through modeling of enthusiasm for nature play. Additionally, one can also borrow the element of observing while dealing with learners in a school and children at home. During the outdoor learning, the teacher sets the learners into the task and observation of the activities of the leaners. The element of creating connection can also be used in the school and the family. The teacher must work with the leaners and the community because the learning takes plac...