At the start of the project, an analysis was conducted with students and teachers at our school to understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education. According to the results, students expressed a strong preference for having lessons outdoors. However, it was observed that teachers lacked the necessary skills to implement outdoor education effectively. In response, our school aimed to address this issue on an international level by collaborating with other institutions in the European Union. Through this, we aimed to improve our teachers' competencies in outdoor education. Additionally, we set the following objectives for our project: * To enable our teachers to specialise in outdoor education. * To help our teachers gain experience in outdoor education through international cooperation. To develop teachers’ competencies to implement outdoor education in our schools. * To support our schools in applying innovative teaching and learning methods. * To promote students’ academic, social, and psychological development. * To explore the practical benefits and risks of outdoor education. * To enhance knowledge of outdoor education both locally and internationally.
While students who are familiar with their surroundings tend to achieve higher academic success, their personal development also progresses positively. On the contrary, students who are unfamiliar with their environment and nature are less likely to succeed in their future lives, struggle to generate new ideas, and have difficulty finding solutions to the problems they face. In order to prevent these issues, schools should revise their lesson plans in line with nature, with the aim of preparing students for life, introducing them to their environment, and offering opportunities for experiential learning. In this project, we aimed to address this problem by improving the quality of outdoor education in schools. Within this scope, the following needs were met through our project: * The need for teachers to acquire international knowledge about outdoor education was addressed. * The lack of knowledge and skills among teachers for implementing outdoor education in our schools was resolved. * The issue of students’ lack of interest in lessons and school was tackled. * The problem of students’ indifferent attitudes towards their environment and nature was addressed.