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E56 Sylvie Froncek: What Outdoor Education Teaches Us About Improving Education

Aidan Helfant

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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