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Titel og emne
Outdoor learning for Integration though Nature and Cultural Encounters – LINC
An international project under Leonardo da Vinci Transfer Of Innovation program.
Tilknytning:
Videncenter for Didaktik, Program for Outdoorperspektiver i professionsuddannelser – VIA OUT
Samarbejdspartnere
Linköping University Sweden: the project is managed and lead by Linköping University, National
Center for Outdoor Education:
Katharina Johansson, project manager, Lecturer
Senior Lecturer Eva Kätting Linköbing University
Via University College Denmark,
Lis Reinholdt Kjeldsen, Senior Lecturer at Pædagoguddannelsen in Horsens (W1 – W10)
Karen Seierøe Barfod, Senior Lecturer at Nr. Nissum Teachers education(W1 -W2)
Mette Ladegaard Laursen, Lecturer at Pædagoguddannelsen in Horsens (W3-W4)
Novia University of applied Sciences Finland,
James Simpson, Lecturer
University of Bologna Italy
Alessandro Bortolotti, Assistant Professor
Francesca Agostini, Assistant Professor
Project / Core Group University teachers from four countries and a project manager and a
financial manager from Sweden will participate in the project. All in all, about 10 people will be
involved. The project participants are university teachers who have expertise in the areas of
outdoor education / didactics and natural and cultural environments and they also have different
areas of expertise in the teaching of languages, mathematics, natural sciences and social
sciences.
Omfang
Project start 1. of October 2013 and ends 30. of September 2015.
Total cost 263.764 Euro
Formål og forskningsspørgsmål
Problemfelt: Hvad skal undersøges/ udvikles +den egentlig problemformulering
 Develop methods to increase opportunities for integration for newcomers through natural
and cultural encounters
 Educate communicators in outdoor education to broaden their skills and give them the
opportunity to reach this group in a more effective manner
Background:
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Since some years, the provincial government in all municipalities in Sweden must offer newly
arrived immigrants a number of hours of community information. The knowledge is to be
conveyed by means of communicators who speak one or more of the languages of the new
arrivals.
In the evaluation "Societal Orientation on mother tongue in Östergötland," it was clear that it is
very difficult to reach this group with social information. The evaluator emphasized that the
teaching methods were mostly very traditional and poorly adapted to the target group.(1)
Natural and cultural meetings have been used in integration projects both in Sweden and other
Nordic countries as a way to increase feelings of belonging in the community for the newly arrived
immigrants. The Norwegian project "Steps in the Plantain Project" tested using natural meetings
to integrate newly arrived immigrant children. The results of this project were very good and
showed the potential to increase the sense of belonging in their new country. (2)
In the pilot project in Kristianstad "Can I grill here? – Cultural diversity meets biodiversity", which
was primarily directed at immigrants, the goal was to get more people to find and use nature as
an outdoor arena. Partial goals were to create an understanding of the Swedish countryside, to
create natural meeting places, to increase the interest in exercise and to create opportunities for
networking between people of different backgrounds with the same interest. The interest in
taking part in the project in various ways was great and contributed among other things to a
network that promotes the natural environment as a venue for integration and that includes
associations, organizations and other actors.(3)
Many signs indicate that the lack of integration causes social problems and high costs for both
the individual and society. We understand that it is a problem that is not unique to Sweden, but
these experiences are shared by the majority of EU countries that receive immigrants. Based on
this, the idea of finding new ways of teaching and integrating newcomers was raised. The
uniqueness of this project lies in the use of outdoor education / teaching methods to reach goals
and objectives.
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(1) A trial project containing Östsam, the county library, the primary care trust, municipalities,
employment services, the provincial government and adult education networks
conducted in autumn 2011-December 2012
(2) 2 Halvorsen, Kristi Vindal (1995) Steps in the Plantain Project
(3) 3 Hadders, A and Rodengren A (2006) Can I grill here? – Cultural diversity meets
biodiversity
Method:
At the National Centre for outdoor education, NCU at Linköping University, we have extensive
experience of using outdoor education / didactics in different situations (Appendix 1.) Our
approach blends theory and practice with experiences to improve teaching and learning. Using
natural and cultural environments in the community, we see good opportunities to increase
knowledge of the new country and the prospects for integration. At NCU, we have trained close to
5,000 teachers in different courses and programs since 1993. The learning theory has its roots in
philosophers such as Comenius, Rousseau, Dewey, Key et al. and concerns working on varying
teaching, using the body and the senses in the learning process and creating a pleasurable
learning that helps people take responsibility for and be part of their own learning, not least in
terms of language. In various places e.g. the natural and cultural environments, awareness,
curiosity and interest in learning are raised. The interaction with others will also contribute to the
learning and the integration of newly arrived immigrants could increase with outdoor education /
didactics as a method.
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There will be national testruns and international testruns, where methods and matrials will be
developed.
Stakeholder Analysis
In addition to the core team, we have other stakeholders who will be involved in the project and /
or will be interested in the results and those we consider to be:
Primary Group:
The primary group that we will work with in the project is communicators that we will be offering
training in the outdoor education / teaching field.
Secondary Group:
The secondary group is the stakeholders who may wish to access and use the developed
materials in their teaching, in their organization, or other activities, such as nature guides and
museum educators. The project results can also be interesting for municipalities, county councils
and at the start of new projects.
Teoretiske og empiriske forankring
The learning theory has its roots in philosophers such as Comenius, Rousseau, Dewey, Key et al.
and concerns working on varying teaching, using the body and the senses in the learning process
and creating a pleasurable learning that helps people take responsibility for and be part of their
own learning, not least in terms of language. In various places e.g. the natural and cultural
environments, awareness, curiosity and interest in learning are raised. The interaction with others
will also contribute to the learning and the integration of newly arrived immigrants could increase
with outdoor education / didactics as a method.
Arbejdsplan: Wp = Workpackage
Dage
Datoer
Hvor
80 a 8
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Wp1 2KSBA
LRE
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Wp2 4 KSBA 13.14.15. Linkøbing
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okt 2013 Sverige
Okt
Horsens
Wp3
2/2MLL
22.-23.
jan 2014
Horsens
hvad
Forberede ansøgning
Læse ansøgning
Forberede mødei Linkøping
Opstartsmøde i linkøping
Rekruttere
Projektbeskrivelse
Lokal makker
Læse: Fägerstam Emilia(2013): Space and Place
Perspectives on Outdoor Teaching and Learning
Forberede, afholde møde i Horsens
Forberede nationale testruns
Wp4
4/4MLL
(26.)27.28.
(29)marts
W5
2/2MLL
Marts –
Finland
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Internationale testruns
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Internationale testruns
Danmark
Italien
Internationale testruns
Internationale testruns
Danmark
Forberede og afholde møde i Horsens
Evaluere Internationale testruns
W9
W10
Møde i Rimini
Evaluere nationale testruns
Planlægge internationale testruns
Skrive
Formidle
3
Aug.
(16)17 –
18. (19)
30.9.15
Linkøbing
Sverige
Linkøbing,
Sverige
Forberede og afholde Final konference
Inne ä rute konferencedeltagelse
Projektet afsluttes
Forventede resultater og spredning af forskningsresultater
Hvilke resultater kan man – overordnet set- forvente sig af projektet?
Tanker om formidling – professions uddannelse m.v.
The results expected are methods and materials to increase opportunities for integration for
newcomers through natural and cultural encounters.
Methods and materials ready to be used in teaching, and in organization, or other activities, such
as nature guides and museum educators. The project results can also be interesting for
municipalities, county councils and at the start of new projects.
Dissemination of materials and the project is planned to take place both in international and
national journals as well in the Final conference in Linköping autumn 2015.
Litteraturliste (foreløbig)
Dalgren, Lars Owe & Anders Szczepanski (2001): Udendørs pædagogik-boglig dannelse og
sanselig erfaring. Forlaget Børn & Unge.
Ejbye - Ernst, Niels (2013: Baggrundsmateriale til arbejdet mednaturog siciale indsatser.
Konferencemateriale ” Om siciale indsatser i naturen for udsatte bør, unge og familier 8. okt.
2013).Red Barnet og Københavns Universitet og VIAUC
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Fägerstam Emilia(2013): Space and Place Perspectives on Outdoor Teaching and Learning.
Linköbing Studies in Behavioural Science No. 167,2012 Linköbing University
Jordet, Arne Nikolaisen (2010): Klasserommet utenfor Tilpasset ooplæring i et utvidet
læringsrom. Cappelen akademisk Forlag
Simpson, James (2007): Outdoor education as a tool for immigrant learning: An action research
study. Magisterutbuilding i miljö- och utomhuspedagogik
Resume af beskrivelsen på dansk.
Outdoor learning for Integration though Nature and Cultural Encounters – I kort LINC
Projektet er et Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation samarbejde mellem Linköbing University
Sverige, Via University College Danmark, Novia University of applied Sciences Finland, University
of Bologna Italien med det formål at udvikle didaktik og metoder til fremme af nytilkomne
indvandreres integration gennem brug af naturen og kulturelle omgivelser i nærmiljøet.
Målgruppen er pædagoger, lærere og andre, der arbejder med integration af indvandere. Der
indsamles viden om metoder gennem nationale testruns, og disse evalueres og forbedres til brug
ved de internationale testruns, hvor projektgruppen, evaluere hinandens arbejde og inspirerer til
det endelige materiale, som gøres tilgængeligt for potentielle interessanter. Projektets erfaringer
udgives nationalt og internationalt.
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Appendix 1
Welcome to the National Centre for Outdoor Education!
National Center for Environmental and Outdoor Education, at Linköping University has been
active since its foundation in 1993.
NCU desires to increase the awareness and understanding of outdoor environments as an
important part of and a foundation for learning. It is an ideal complement to the textbook
and the classroom environment.
NCU collects and evaluates empirical material within the area of knowledge. The forum also
studies learning effects related to activities in the outdoor environment.
NCU is a resource and pool of competence for postgraduate and doctoral studies in outdoor
education, fundamental teacher training programmes, in-service training for persons active
within leisure, recreation and tourism, in-service training within schools and child-care.
NCU is active in national and international outdoor-education networks.
NCU is working to increase Scandinavian and international exchange of teachers and
students.
NCU's definition of Outdoor Education
The research group at the Centre for Outdoor Environmental Education, Linköping
University, has proposed the following definition in an attempt to describe the field of
outdoor education:
Outdoor education is an approach that aims to provide learning in interplay between
experience and reflection based on concrete experience in authentic situations.
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Outdoor learning is also an interdisciplinary research and education field, which involves,
among other things:
the learning space being moved out into life in society, the natural and cultural
environment,
the interplay between sensory experience and book‐learning being emphasised,
the importance of place being underlined.
www.liu.se/ikk/ncu
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