Split – Nurturing Teachers’ Resilience in a Sustainable Future

Course description

Step into a restorative learning experience where the outdoors becomes an active teaching space for strengthening resilience and deepening understanding of sustainability. This hands-on programme supports educators in exploring key sustainability concepts, enhancing environmental awareness, and adopting approaches that promote care for natural ecosystems. Throughout the course, participants uncover how time spent in nature can reinforce personal well-being, clarity, and inner stability through simple but meaningful mindful practices.

Exploring Sustainability Through Outdoor Learning

In this first module, participants enter nature’s learning environment to examine sustainability from a practical and reflective angle. Through guided outdoor activities, you’ll consider what sustainability means in the context of modern education and how environmental consciousness can shape both teaching and personal lifestyle choices. You will also observe the challenges that ecosystems face today and discover ways to encourage environmental respect among learners. This part of the course lays the groundwork for developing resilience in an increasingly sustainability-focused world.

Strength, Focus, and Mindfulness in Nature

The second part of the course shifts attention to resilience skills nurtured through time outdoors. Participants will try techniques that use natural surroundings to regain focus, reconnect with inner strengths, and foster emotional balance. You will practice mindful breathing and awareness exercises in an outdoor setting, learning how nature can support a sense of calm and attentiveness. This segment is designed to help educators develop a constructive mindset and cultivate resilience by embracing the natural world as a partner in well-being.

Learning outcomes

Participants completing this course will be able to:

• Grasp the meaning of sustainability and understand its educational relevance.
  
• Reflect on environmental awareness and adopt respectful conservation habits.
  
• Recognize ecosystem challenges and consider practical conservation solutions.
  
• Develop a mindful and respectful attitude toward the environment during outdoor learning.
  
• Understand how nature can support personal and professional growth.
  
• Use mindfulness methods—such as breathing techniques—to enhance inner steadiness.
  
• Strengthen resilience and cultivate a positive outlook through deeper connection with nature. 

Join us in “Outdoor Studies: Nurturing Teachers’ Resilience in a Sustainable Future,” where nature becomes a guide for personal empowerment and sustainable thinking. Engage in meaningful discussions, reflect on ecological responsibility, and embrace the resilience-building potential of the outdoors.

The Course Fee Includes:

• Free guided Split walking tour with a local expert
  
• Full study programme (minimum 25 hours per week)
  
• Course materials
  
• Certificate of attendance
  
• Europass (upon request)
  
• Learning Agreement (upon request)
  
• Visits to local institutions
  
• Personalized support
  
• Local provider assistance throughout the mobility
  
• Free Wi-Fi
  
• Coffee and tea breaks
  
• Administration costs