Outdoor Education Archives - NIU College of Education

KNPE, Lorado Taft staff combine forces to keep field experience despite COVID

February 21, 2021 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, KNPE

COVID-19 is not stopping P.E. majors in Gail Koehling’s KNPE 466: Field Experience at Outdoor Environments course from getting a taste of Lorado Taft training. Students in KNPE 466 typically visit the NIU facility in Oregon, Ill., for three days and two

P.E. majors flock to Lorado Taft for intense hands-on experience in teaching outdoor education

March 7, 2017 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Bright sun peeked through mist and bare trees just after 10 a.m. on a late February day as the first hints of record warmth boldly unleashed an early spring. For two groups of students – one made up of 20 fifth-graders from

Yunnan University prof reflects on year spent as KNPE guest

March 3, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Xia Wen, a professor of physical education at Yunnan University in China, teaches one of his school’s most popular classes. But his intellectual curiosity and professional drive are not nourished by high enrollments alone. That’s why Xia spent a year – from

Collaborating on Outdoor Education

May 24, 2016 admin-salvani enewsletter, KNPE

Did you know NIU is home to one of the premier outdoor education facilities in the country, the Lorado Taft Field Campus? In addition to this amazing resource, NIU’s College of Education has faculty expertise and an extensive network of partners working