Nature-based education is a discipline that can serve to improve the quality of education, not just in terms of environmental knowledge and conduct, but also to promote learning in subjects traditionally taught in the classroom. We present a brief conceptual framework and argue that outdoor activities using nature-based methodology are a source of motivation, intellectual learning and personal development. Nature-based learning responds to two imperatives of our times: the necessity of forming people who will work to protect nature, and the insistent call to improve the educational process. However, an obstacle to implementing nature-based learning in the formal system is its near absence in teacher formation and the lack of training opportunities for in-service teachers.
Keywords:
Environmental education, nature, emotions, learning, teacher training
Corcuera, L., Sparks, S., & Vliegenthart, A. M. (2019). Education and Nature: A Pending Debt. Revista Saberes Educativos, (4), 41–47. https://doi.org/10.5354/2452-5014.2020.55899
