Program Design

Designed with working professionals in mind, this two-year degree program offers the opportunity to obtain a high-quality master's degree. Our online cohort-based model allows students to work through the program and coursework together (18-24 students).

This program allows students to:

• Examine teacher values, beliefs and experiences relating to place and nature-based learning and how these may influence educational decisions and interactions
• Explore theories and principles of place- and nature-based experiential learning and its place within educational change
• Learn from Indigenous worldviews and perspectives (including First Peoples Principles of Learning) and how these can inform relationships with place and practice
• Critically examine current directions in B.C. education through the perspective of place- and nature-based experiential learning and explore implications for practice
• Integrate place- and nature-based experiential learning across subject areas in the context of individual and collective practice guided by the B.C. Curriculum
• Explore diverse land, community, and place-based teaching and learning environments – including gardens, urban parks, school yards, and brown zones – while also considering questions of wellness and flourishing across locations and populations
• Engage in teacher inquiry and reflective practice stemming from encounters, those of teachers and learners, with place and relationships with the natural world

Courses

Students complete:

Program courses and order of delivery subject to change.