After looking over the essay assignment and reading Last Child in the Woods I brainstormed a little about what my education has been like through the years and what worked best for me overall.
Honestly what worked for me mostly was the good teachers. In other words, the teachers who educated my class using hands on experiences when teaching the lesson.
Those hands on experiences definitely helped me, especially when it came time to testing them. I still remember 90% after skimming the notes after an outdoor's field trip.
In Louv (2005), "In 1890, James described two kinds of attention: directed attention and fascination (i.e., involuntary attention)"(p.5).
This excerpt from the reading was exactly what I was looking for. According to the education I have recieved the words directed attention and fascination is the target for what those selected few teachers gave me.
Also in Louv (2005), " During these treks or afterward, subjects reported that just being in nature was more restorative than the physically challenging activities, such as rock climbing, for which such programs are mainly known"(p.5).
This is true to me. I feel that with being outside and learning about the lesson taught it is important to know why we are learning this and how we can use it in our future.
The teachers who most likely did this, achieved their goal of reaching out to the students and actually teaching them something. I think that being inside learning does not at all meet the students 100% learning outcome. Stepping outside of the classroom and actually being taught something in the world we live in, now that is priceless.
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