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Learning About

Education resources

  • Education services
    Student and teacher resources and our residential environmental education centre
  • Professional training courses
    Access, countryside management, interpretation and business skills courses as well as tailor-made packages
  • Conference Centre
    Set in the heart of the Peak District, fully-equipped rooms and home-made food

Education in the Countryside

21 – 25 March 2011

Course Directors: Mandy Sims, Losehill Hall; Martin Summerfield, Field Studies Council and Losehill Associate

Hands-on training jam-packed with ideas, activities and techniques to help you deliver brilliant and effective environmental education.

Learn to

  • Create and deliver high-quality environmental education programmes that are memorable and effective.
  • Engage with young people of all ages, from the very young right through to teenagers.
  • Develop your skills and confidence as a leader to create an atmosphere conducive to learning.
  • Work with the National Curriculum and gain an understanding of education for sustainable development.
  • Use the creative arts as a complementary set of tools for environmental education.

Benefits for your role

Not only will you experience a huge range of taster environmental education sessions, activities and techniques, you will have hands-on experience of designing and leading an environmental education activity with children / young people.  Return to work inspired, confident and ready-to-go!

Tuition fee: Book by 21 January £574 (Standard £675), plus four nights Dinner B & B £232

“I’ve found the course so useful – exceeded my expectations. Thank you.” Fiona Gardner, Lakes Ranger, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

Examples of previous participant organisations:

  • Salford City Council
  • Sheffield City Council
  • Sheffield Wildlife Trust
  • Countryside Council for Wales

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More Information

Please contact us if you have any queries about our courses, or for an informal chat about how we can help you with your training and development needs.

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Email: training.losehill@peakdistrict.gov.uk