How can outdoor education be developed in school programs using the Victorian Essential Learning Standards?
There are many ways to link outdoor education programs with the Victorian Essential Learning Standards across the three organising strands of the curriculum. The domains of Health and Physical Education, Interpersonal Development, Thinking Processes and The Humanities – Geography, for example, can all contribute to the development of an outdoor education program. The domain of Health and Physical Education addresses the development of skills to participate in physical activity and improve fitness; and motivates students to participate in physical activity; risk taking and harm minimisation. Outdoor education in a curriculum program traditionally links with learning outcomes in health and physical education. The Standards continue this tradition so Health and Physical Education can be used as the basis to develop an outdoor education program. The new curriculum approach includes standards in the domain of Interpersonal Development which specifically address student capacities to work ef
