Understanding Excuses and Participant Dynamics in Outdoor Education

Sylvie started working with Cornell’s Team and Leadership Center at the age of 15. Since then she has worked as an outdoor adventure guide for the Claremont Colleges in California, a rock climbing instructor in Colorado, a bicycle tour guide in New Zealand and the Northeastern USA, and a mountain instructor for the North Carolina Outward Bound School. Bicycling, canoeing, backpacking, rock climbing and organic farming are Sylvie’s primary outdoor activities.

In this podcast you will learn:
- How we can become better educators through outdoor education principles
- What scientific thinking can do for our educating
- How to build connection, leadership, and emotional intelligence through outdoor education