One for all - all for one

One 4 all - all 4 One


Four special educational needs schools (SEN) from four different European countries meet in four different seasons in four different natural environments, with their students, to spend four weeks experiencing four different areas of outdoor learning. The title refers to being in a rope team: you will only succeed in the project if you support each other.


Background
The German coordinating school has ten year's experience in organising outdoor camps focused on rock climbing for special needs students. In 2016 the German teachers thought about transferring their skills to other natural environments like outdoor learning on the sea; outdoor learning in high mountains; and outdoor learning with severely handicapped autistic students. At the same time more and more students from other countries came to learn at the German school; these foreigners have been looked at as strangers and the beginnings of xenophobia were seen. Therefore, teachers decided to develop a European project focused on learning and moving in nature to show the social, communicative and motor skills that students gain through outdoor learning to other SEN schools.
SEN teachers wanted to develop specifications of methods for outdoor learning activities for SEN students. These had been the initial ideas to create the project One4all-All4one.
Objectives
- students will no longer only be seen as handicapped but as capable, by gaining self confidence through succeeding in outdoor learning activities;
- students will take part in society by participating outdoor sports in public areas;
- students will experience that, by working together in nature with others, they will gain new academic, social and communication skills;
- students will develop motor, physical, thinking and problem solving skills by participating in outdoor sports like rock climbing, walking, orienteering, caving, sailing, canoeing and skiing;
- students will become more aware of other cultures through a European learning perspective
- staff will widen their skills, knowledge and experiecing outdoor learning projects in a wide range of European environments
- staff will develop a list of methods for outdoor learning with SEN students using ICT techniques and discussing and experiencing nature sports with peers in Europe



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