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Using movement and outdoor spaces to enhance learning

Target GroupBachelor, Executive Education, Master, PhDResource TypeArticleDomainGeneral KnowledgeDuration< 1hAuthorTimes Higher Education
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This Times Higher Education feature explores integrating physical movement and outdoor environments into higher education pedagogy. It presents best practices and case examples of experiential learning in nature or active classrooms to enhance engagement, well-being, and embodied understanding of complex systems.

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Encourage syllabus redesign to include outdoor, movement-based activities tied to learning outcomes. Propose campus walks, ecological site visits, or sketching fieldwork. Use movement-based engagement strategies in class sessions. Have students reflect on bodily engagement and environmental understanding. Incorporate principles into sustainability or design courses to deepen experiential learning.

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Structure engagement around personal connection and critical reflection. Students should process challenging ideas while relating content to their own experiences and developing perspectives. Use articles to stimulate thinking and encourage deeper engagement with complex topics.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
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      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
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    • Learning approach
      • Cognitive learning
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      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
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      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
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      • Cognitive learning
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