Biography
Rebekah Henderson is a full-time instructor in Parks and Recreation Management at
蘑菇短视频, and is a long-time educator and recreation professional.
Her passion is exploring and applying experiential learning methodologies to create
a more dynamic and engaging learning environment for students. As an environmental
educator, she enjoys helping students make meaningful connections to the natural world
while equipping them with the knowledge and tools to work toward a more sustainable
future. She has a background working as an educator in various national parks and
public lands. Her experience also includes serving as a camp director and working
with undergraduate students in an accredited international outdoor adventure and learning
semester program. Before coming to Western, Rebekah served as a science and outdoor
education teacher in an international school in Costa Rica. Her teaching interests
include responsible recreation, public land management, leadership, group facilitation
and group dynamics, program planning, and outdoor activity courses.
Teaching Interests
As an educator, I think of myself as a facilitator of learning whose role is to empower
my students to be involved in their own educational process and to apply learning
beyond the immediate context.<br><br>Courses include:<br><br>PRM 270: Leadership and
Group Dynamics<br>PRM 361: Programming Planning and Evaluation<br>PRM 362: Sustainable
Recreation and Public Land Management<br>PRM 354: Outdoor Living and Expedition Skills<br>PRM
427: Wilderness Education<br>PRM 430: Entrepreneurship and Commercial Recreation<br>PRM
322: International Adventure Travel and Global Citizenship<br>PRM 323: Leisure and
the Pursuit of Happiness<br>PRM 365: Nature Rx<br>PRM 310: Stand Up Paddle boarding
