Outdoor Education Seminar Tentative Schedule

Outdoor Education Seminar Tentative Schedule for Spring 2008:

A number of presentations are pending and dates will be announced when confirmed, updates will be listed at www.d.umn.edu/~tbeery.

Date: Presenter: Topic: 1/28 Tom Beery Meeting; Ref Works 2/4 Lisa Reeves, UMD Student ePortfolio training Student Services Associate 2/11 Nick Olson, MEd candidate Start-Up Manual for Farm- Based Education Programs 2/18 Sarah Sinks, Med candidate The Difference in Student Learning in an Outdoor Setting vs. an Indoor Setting 2/25 Bekah Dalen and Paul Nature Play Smithson, Interpretive Naturalists—Warner Nature Center 3/3 Ken Gilbertson, UMD Terve! Travels Through Associate Professor Finnish Wildlands 3/10 Ken Gilbertson, UMD Sustainability of Nature-based Associate Professor Tourism in Protected Nature Areas of Finland. 3/17 SPRING BREAK A Tour of Farm Based Education 3/24 Mark Zmudy, UMD Assistant Adventure Education: Professor Occupational Socialization of Teachers, Ecology, and Participation Styles of Children 3/31 Pat Kohlin, MEd candidate Factors Influencing an Undergraduate's Choice Between a Career in Adventure Education and Physical Education 4/7 Shayna Sellars, MEd Integrating Wolf Ridge candidate Environmental Learning Center's "Climate and Phenology" and "Energy and CO2" Classes Into the Formal Classroom 4/14 Dean Einerson, MEd Identification of Behavior candidate Intervention Strategies Utilized in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Programs 4/21 Guy Merolle, Med candidate A Sustainable Consumption Curriculum for the Middle Grades 4/28 Tiffany Smith, MEd Creation of a Spiraling, Candidate Interdisciplinary K-6 Curriculum for South Terrace Outdoor Learning Center 5/5 Kerry Hadiaris, MEd Assessing the Usability of the candidate University of Minnesota Extension's Best Practices for Field Days Guidebook