​Learning Beyond 4 Walls: Outdoor, Play-Based and Inclusive Teaching for Sustainable Classrooms

Discover how to take learning beyond the classroom with outdoor, play-based, and inclusive teaching. This hands-on course empowers educators to design creative, sustainable lessons that inspire collaboration, foster well-being, and engage diverse learners through music, movement, and experiential activities.

This course invites educators to rethink traditional teaching environments and explore outdoor, play-based, and inclusive approaches that promote sustainability and creativity in the classroom. Participants will learn how to design meaningful learning experiences that connect students to their environment, enhance collaboration, and cater to diverse learning needs. Special emphasis will be placed on experiential activities that foster well-being, social-emotional skills, and learner agency. Elements of music and movement will be woven into the sessions as tools for engagement, expression, and inclusion.


See the official course listing on ESEP course catalogue

Learning Outcomes
  • Plan and implement outdoor and experiential learning activities
  • Integrate play-based strategies into formal and informal educational settings
  • Design inclusive lessons that address diverse learners and promote equity
  • Understand how sustainability principles can shape meaningful classroom experiences
  • Use music, storytelling, and creative tools to support student engagement and collaboration
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Methodology
The course follows a hands-on, reflective, and collaborative approach. Activities include group work, experiential outdoor sessions, role-play, arts-based learning, and project planning. Reflection journals, peer discussions, and micro-teaching exercises will support participants in processing their learning and connecting theory to practice. Assessment is formative and ongoing, based on active participation, self-evaluation, and the development of a personal action plan.

An evaluation questionnaire will be given to the participants to gather participants’ opinions about the training and its contents, logistic organisation, instructors, materials provided and asses to which extent the course managed to improve participants’ competences.
Target Group
Designed for educators of all subjects and age groups, this course invites you to step beyond the classroom walls and explore outdoor, play-based, and inclusive teaching approaches that spark creativity, nurture well-being, and connect learning with the principles of sustainability.
Next Up Coming Courses
22-26 June 2026

Course price: 400€ per participant

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Immerse into knowledge next to the Aegean sea beaches!

The venue
Apothiki in Lemnos is a unique venue housed in a renovated neoclassical building that once served as the island's historic fish market. Located in Myrina next to the beach and near the scenic old harbor, it now functions as a versatile event space ideal for conferences, exhibitions, classes, and cultural events.​