Qriosity Park

GO1: To identify the pre-requisite conditions, potential barriers, and best practices for effective utilisation of urban green spaces as outdoor classrooms Researching to identify the conditions required by teachers and schools to use outdoor spaces as classrooms, identify barriers to large-scale utilisation of outdoor education, and gather best practices for teachers to conduct educational activities in outdoor settings.

GO2: To improve teachers’ competences in utilising UGSs and interactive digital tools as educational tools for fostering environmental values Provide a valuable toolkit for teachers to effectively utilize UGSs as learning spaces for improving their competences for teaching about the environment, biodiversity, climate and sustainability, to effectively foster environmental knowledge, awareness, and action, while also empowering the teachers to adopt digital tools for education, and to direct and support children to develop skills to responsibly use, navigate and critically engage with digital technologies.

GO3: To promote critical thinking and active citizenship in school children on environmental issues. To establish a bridge between urban children with a lack of natural childhood experiences and nature through outdoor experiences by providing engaging, interactive, and effective environmental education to foster pro-environmental values, sustainability culture, and a deeper understanding of ecology, ecosystems, and environmental issues, to guide the future generation to become active agents of environmental sustainability and change.