Outdoor Environments for Children and Youth

About this programme

This course focuses on the role of outdoor environments in the everyday lives of children and youth. It introduces perspectives, concepts and methods from the interdisciplinary study of how children and youth interact with and experience outdoor spaces. Participants will learn strategies to explore children and youth’s relationships with different environments, examining how use spaces support their evolving needs from childhood through adolescence. This knowledge can be applied to improve the quality of outdoor settings, enhancing opportunities for play, learning, social connection and well-being. The course also explores practical approaches to addressing these needs through effective planning, design and management. The course combines independent work with group activities and includes four online modules (via Zoom), each held over 2-3 days in September, October and November and January (dates published separately). Each module includes lectures, literature seminars and three assignments including field work and presentations. Each course's mandatory online sessions are expected to be between 8am and 4pm every day. The following courses do not have self-registration open; to be registered it is mandatory to attend the rollcall. More information avaliable on each course ** Canvas **page. To be able to log in on Canvas you need to have a SLU student IT account, how to get this kindly go to the following page My SLU account September 3, 13:00, roll-call, registration will be done after roll-call September 14 - 16 October 26 - 28 November 25 - 27 December 16 - 18