Workshop on Environmental Education in Katalapi Park
Our partners in Así Conserva Chile A.G., Katalapi Park (Located in the Region of Los Lagos) will conduct, during the 3rd, 4th and 5th of April, the fifth version of their Introductory Course for Environmental Education. The workshop is designed for a broad audience that wishes to have a comprehensive understanding of this discipline of education through applied knowledge, reflections on the natural environment and teaching dynamics of ecology.
Throughout the past five years the workshop has counted with the participation of teachers, park rangers, biologists, anthropologists, Mapuche educators, and those working in Corporate Social Responsibility, among others.
The workshop lasts three days and is taught by Professor Ana Maria Vliegenthart, educator Rod Walker and biologist Ursula Fernández, all professionals with extensive experience in environmental education.
The classroom extends towards various hidden corners of the park
As noted by Elisa Corcuera, one of the organizers of this encounter, the workshop is essentially practical and dynamic: an experiential cycle. It is divided into 30-minute lectures followed by 3 hours of activities that illustrate and reflect the concepts discussed in the lectures. Thus, the methodology integrates field knowledge of the natural environment of the park, activities related to discoveries, games, dynamics, and teachings on ecology in the schoolyard.
This course is highly unique in Chile because it offers applied short-term training sessions in environmental education open to all types of professionals. It is for this reason that many previous participants have disseminated this course in their own regions: from Antofagasta to Magallanes. This year professionals from Argentina will also attend the workshop.
Elisa Corcuera defines the workshop experience as follows: “what is most special about this encounter is that along with it being a moment for one to learn practical things, the workshop also grasps the beautiful aspects of humanity. It also grants with spaces for both personal and collective reflection where one is able to share what is most profound with others.”
For more information on the workshop we invite you to visit Parque Katalapi’s website and facebook.
