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About Educate Wild!Educate Wild! consults with clients at all phases of the course planning and implementation process from proposal writing to program evaluation and staffing to field lodging. Our online and in-person training courses facilitate communication between your program’s administration and field staff to improve your experiential learning program. Explore the Educator's Toolbox to take advantage of our free course planning resources and Weekly Inspiration for professional development ideas.
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Our Philosophy
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At Educate Wild! we believe that taking students out of their “normal everyday life” stimulates their curiosity and allows them to engage deeply with science, art, culture, community, and place in a way that is not possible in the classroom.
We believe that students learn best when they live in the landscapes they are studying, solve authentic, challenging problems, and interact with people who live in, work in, and love those places. We believe that field-based learning programs should be designed to intentionally facilitate students' intellectual, personal, social, and physical growth and that programs should design experiences that build upon one another throughout the course. We believe that educators have a moral duty to weigh the inherent risk of field experiences, program activities, and course challenges against the learning goals of their program. We believe that field-based education takes students and faculty on a journey that blends the heart and the mind. We know that field-based experiential learning takes more time, preparation, and energy than teaching in the classroom, but we also know that it is absolutely worth it ... and we are here to help. |
Our Mission
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Our mission is to promote student discovery, growth, and understanding by providing creative, informed solutions to the practical problems faced by outdoor learning programs.
Educate Wild! provides program design assistance, staff training, logistical support, and evaluation tools that improve formal and informal field-based education programs at colleges, non-profits, and for-profit institutions. Our services will increase the effectiveness of your program by conserving your most valuable assets – staff energy and enthusiasm. |
Our History
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Educate Wild! emerged out of conversations with colleagues who were trying to bring field-based experiential education programs out of the ground. The premise is simple: take students outdoors to learn. However, hidden behind this simple premise are a complex educational foundation and administrative infrastructure that support students and staff in the field. Angie Moline, PhD. consults with programs across the United States from Flagstaff, Arizona and relies on the nationwide Educate Wild! network - a collective of educators, program directors, risk managers, logisticians, project managers, and evaluators - for additional talent and expertise when needed.
Dr. Angie Moline is the founder of Educate Wild! She has served as the Assistant Director of Education for the Landscape Conservation Initiative and a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at Northern Arizona University. Angie has taught field-based courses across the western USA and Mexico for Northern Arizona University, the Wild Rockies Field Institute, Prescott College, and Outward Bound. She is the former director of the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program @ NAU, the Grand Canyon Semester @ NAU, and the Summer Conservation Experience. She holds a doctorate in ecology from Colorado State University where she served as a National Science Foundation GK-12 fellow for several years. |
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Angie Moline also provides workshop facilitation, graphic recording, and visual problem-solving services for outdoor educators, entrepreneurs, scientists, and other curious people through Moline Creative. |
