Adventure and Outdoor Educator Methods

The start of the year is a great moment to pause and focus on professional development. In recent years, nature, experience, and active learning have emerged as central themes in education, where learners’ wellbeing, inclusion, and safe everyday practices are priorities. Humak Open University of Applied Sciences’ spring 2026 course offerings meet this need with three courses that examine nature, functionality, and experiential learning from complementary perspectives. Courses are in taught in Finnish.

Courses can be taken individually to meet specific professional needs or combined into a broader competence package. The common thread is nature as a learning environment, experience as a pedagogical tool, and safe, responsible guidance as a core aspect of professional competence.

Courses in Spring 2026

You can click on a course card for a detailed description and registration. Courses are taught in Finnish.

Deepen your competence in experiential and adventure pedagogy

The courses are independent modules, united by a common pedagogical approach: nature as an active learning environment, experience as a key learning tool, and safe guidance as the core of professional competence.

Courses can be completed alongside work and structured into a personal competence package – either through a single course or by combining multiple modules.

In many cases, professional development courses that enhance work-related skills are tax-deductible as a business expense (subject to individual circumstances).