Forest Day - A seminar day for pre-service teachers in the Taunus Nature Park as a building block on the way to implementing ESD at the Bad Vilbel Studienseminar (Studienseminar Bad Vilbel)
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Experiencing one's own environment leaves a much more lasting impression on children and young people than mere theory in the classroom. However, in order for learning groups to set off into the forest, teachers need to be made aware of the importance of this nature experience and inspired to take children into the forest. This is exactly where the sub-project described here comes in: the forest day at the Bad Vilbel study seminar.
In the summer of 2023, over 120 prospective teachers from all subject areas learned at various stations in the Taunus Nature Park how they can integrate nature and environmental education into their lessons. An important part of this day arose from the cooperation with the University of Kassel and the FMNR education project. After all, renaturation and reforestation are much more than purely biological topics. It is important to consider all perspectives of reforestation and to provide examples of concrete starting points for school lessons. Tony Rinaudo and FMNR are profitable topics that can be ideally addressed in the classroom and about which the prospective teachers were informed on this day.
The event was organized under the motto "Education for sustainable development in the forest" by the Taunus Nature Park, the Bad Vilbel study seminar and the Hochtaunus district.
At four stations, certified nature and landscape guides and members of the "Education for Sustainable Development" steering group from the Bad Vilbel study seminar provided participants with ideas and guidelines on how they can integrate the topics of the forest ecosystem, sustainable forest management, clean water, adventure, health and exercise into their lessons. An all-round successful event that gave the participants lots of ideas to take home with them.
At all stations, the participants made references to their own lessons and developed project ideas for the school. FMNR also played a beneficial role in this context, as ecological topics correspond to political effects.
In the forest, holistic interdisciplinary learning is possible, which is a key to understanding, evaluating and solving our global challenges, such as climate and environmental protection, global inequalities, socio-cultural conflicts and development opportunities.