CPSN Workshop (Virtual): The Hybrid Mind: How nature connection and outdoor classrooms build cognitive development and creativity, reduces Attention Deficit Disorder, and raises test scores – Richard Louv

The more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need. For every dollar our schools spend on the virtual, they should spend at least another dollar on the real – through experiential education, particularly though the natural world. The ultimate multitasking is to live simultaneously in both the digital and the physical world, using computers to maximize our powers to process intellectual data, and natural environments to ignite all of our senses and accelerate our ability to learn and to feel; in this way, we would combine the resurfaced “primitive” powers of our ancestors with the digital speed of our teenagers. I met an instructor who trains young people to become the pilots of cruise ships. He described two kinds of students. One kind grew up mainly indoors. They’re great at video games, and they’re quick to learn the ship’s electronics. The other kind of student grew up outside, spending time in nature, and they also have a talent: they actually know where the ship is. When you look at new studies of the human senses, that makes sense. Examples of schools, families and companies that incorporate the theory of the hybrid mind (directly or indirectly) into the education of children.

Curious? Check the Richard Louv’s bio here.
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