L3 Award in Learning Beyond the Classroom - Blended Learning

About Course

This qualification is accredited by ITC and is suitable for anyone wishing to take their teaching outside. This qualification enables you to study at home in your own time and attend an experiential learning practical skills day with one of our expert tutors. This qualification is assessed through the completion of a portfolio within 6 months. By completing this course, you will be able to explain the benefits of outdoor learning and understand how to teach practically and safely outside. You will experience a variety of inspirational activities to help you to take your teaching outdoors. You will need to plan, deliver and evaluate one outdoor learning session to be able to complete your portfolio.

This course does not qualify you to set up and deliver forest school. Please see our suite of forest school qualifications.

Course Content

Welcome
Welcome to your course, this section will tell you about how the course works and how you can achieve your qualification.

How the course works

1. Understand the benefits of facilitating learning beyond the classroom environment
Understand and explain the benefits of delivering learning beyond the classroom Know and summarise research supporting the benefits of learning beyond the classroom environment.

2. Understand the principles and concepts relating to managing groups and facilitating learning beyond the classroom environment
This module introduces roles and skills you need to run outdoor learning sessions.

3. Plan activity linked to any studies and defined outcomes through learning beyond the classroom environment
This module introduces planning for outdoor learning sessions, considering barriers, needs of pupils, outdoor space and the permissions you may need.

4. Understand risk benefit analysis when planning learning beyond the classroom environment
This module looks at managing the risks of your outdoor learning programmes.

5. Deliver activity linked to the curriculum and defined outcomes through learning beyond the classroom environment.
Learning beyond the classroom can provide opportunities for learners to investigate real environments, practise skills, gather evidence, solve problems and apply knowledge in meaningful situations.Learning might take place in:School or college grounds Woodlands and natural environments Parks and community spaces Museums, galleries and heritage sites Farms and workplaces Residential settings Local streets or urban environmentsThe location alone does not make an experience educational. Effective learning beyond the classroom requires clear outcomes, appropriate teaching, safe administration and evidence showing what learners achieved.In this lesson, you will prepare for, deliver and evaluate a learning-beyond-the-classroom activity.You will be assessed against the following criteria:5.1: Administer a learning-beyond-the-classroom teaching activity. 5.2: Explain the importance of maintaining evidence of learning. 5.3: Critically reflect on your own delivery of the activity. 5.4: Critically reflect on the impact of your delivery on learners meeting the intended outcomes.By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: Link an activity to a programme of study. Develop clear and assessable learning outcomes. Administer an activity safely, inclusively and effectively. Collect and maintain appropriate evidence of learning. Use evidence and feedback to reflect critically on your delivery. Evaluate whether learners achieved the intended outcomes. Identify improvements for future delivery. The online content will help you prepare, but you must also deliver an actual learning-beyond-the-classroom activity to meet assessment criterion 5.1.

Next steps
In this module we describe the next steps you need to take to complete your qualification.

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Course Content

Welcome Welcome to your course, this section will tell you about how the course works and how you can achieve your qualification.

How the course works

1. Understand the benefits of facilitating learning beyond the classroom environment Understand and explain the benefits of delivering learning beyond the classroom Know and summarise research supporting the benefits of learning beyond the classroom environment.

1.1 Explain the benefits of delivering learning beyond the classroom environment

Assignments 1 Unit 1 Assessment Criteria 1.1

1.2 Summarise the current research supporting the benefits of learning beyond the classroom environment

Assignment 2 Unit 1 Assessment Criteria 1.2

2. Understand the principles and concepts relating to managing groups and facilitating learning beyond the classroom environment This module introduces roles and skills you need to run outdoor learning sessions.

2.1 Describe the role of the teacher/ facilitator in supporting learning beyond the classroom environment

Assignment 3 Unit 2 Assessment Criteria 2.1

2.2 Explain how challenge and support can be adapted when facilitating an activity

Assignment 4 Unit 2: Assessment Criteria 2.2

2.3 Explain your rationale for deciding to deliver learning outside the classroom

Assignment 5 Unit 2 Criteria 2.3

2.4 Describe post activity impact

Assignment 6 Unit 2 Criteria 2.4

3. Plan activity linked to any studies and defined outcomes through learning beyond the classroom environment This module introduces planning for outdoor learning sessions, considering barriers, needs of pupils, outdoor space and the permissions you may need.

3.1 Describe the potential barriers to facilitating learning beyond the classroom

Assignment 7 Unit 3 Assessment Criteria 3.1

3.2 Describe Suitable locations for learning beyond the classroom

Assignment 8 Unit 3 Assessment Criteria 3.2

3.3 Plan learning beyond the classroom activity applied to defined studies / syllabus areas and learning outcomes.

Assignment 9 Unit 3 Criteria 3.3

3.4 Plan learn beyond the classroom activity according to individual and group requirements.

Assignment 10 Unit 3 Criteria 3.4

3.5 Describe the nessary permissions for delivering activity beyond the classroom

Assignment 11 Unit 3 Criteria 3.5

3.6 Describe recognised standards that complement learning beyond the classroom.

Assignment 12 Unit 3 Criteria 3.6

4. Understand risk benefit analysis when planning learning beyond the classroom environment This module looks at managing the risks of your outdoor learning programmes.

4.1 Explain the term risk benefit analysis.

Assignment 13 Unit 4 Criteria 4.1

4.2 Administer a risk assessment for a learning beyond the classroom activity.

Assignment 14 Unit 4 Criteria 4.2

4.3 Explain the importance of including learners in risk assessment process for a learning beyond the classroom environment activity.

Assignment 15 Unit 4 Criteria 4.3

4.4 Evaluate how risk benefit can be managed dynamically (dynamic risk assessment),

Assignment 16 Unit 4 Criteria 4.4

5.1 Administer learning beyond the classroom teaching activity.

Assignment 17 Unit 5 Assessment Criteria 5.1

5.2 Explain the importance of maintaining evidence of learning

Assignment 18 Unit 5 Criteria 5.2

5.3 Critically reflect on own delivery of learning beyond the classroom activity

Assignment 19 Unit 5 Criteria 5.3

5.4 Critically reflect on the impact of your delivery of learning beyond the classroom activity to learners meeting intended outcomes.

Assignment 20 Unit 5 Criteria 5.4

Next steps In this module we describe the next steps you need to take to complete your qualification.

Next Steps