Zen Quest leads the way in exploring the frontiers of experiential learning. Our team combines research from a cross section of professional disciplines such as outdoor education, sports science, nutrition, education methodology, psychology, public policy and philosophy, to provide interdisciplinary learning in the outdoors. This solid academic base combined with our extensive experience in the outdoors allows us to provide our clients with programs that are tailor made.
We liaise with many international schools and their teachers regularly in China, Hong Kong and the USA. One thing that comes up time and again is justifying their field studies, outdoor education and extra curricular activities to the education board, the parents, and the schools examination system.
Our geography river studies program brings student learning to life, with innovative program design, real world experiences and expert staff. We take our experience in the outdoors and in education, fusing them together to create the best facilitated learning experiences ever!
For many years, a lot of schools have defined their outdoor activity week as 'week without walls'. So a week without walls in its broadest sense, is a week where students can participate in activities outside the school classroom. This could include such activities as; service learning, trekking, rock climbing, canoeing, camping and much more. Here at Zen Quest we strive to make WWW a week your students will remember, where they'll learn and grow as individuals.
知能生存倡导“素质，安全与自主”，我们的大学项目正是该理念的最佳实践。作为户外课程的设计者与协调者，我们团队与汕头大学及北京师范大学合作，负责设计、传授以及协调整个课程项目。项目的指导团队成员包括户外活动专家，研究学者，野外专业人员以及优秀运动员。我们的项目全面紧密地结合了学术知识，冒险和领导精神以提升学生的自主能力。通过与英国、台湾、香港、美国和加拿大的相关人员和技术支持，我们将为本科生提供一个富具意义的户外体验教育。
Getting ready for the fall? Take your schools outdoor education, service learning, microcampus setup, expeditions and experiential education to the next level with Zen Quest’s tailor made, thematically designed programs.
Global issues; how to create leaders equipped with both a global vision and a willingness to work with others, the groundwork begins with education.
'Photos taken by Ed Lau in Antarctica with Shantou University'
任何从事教育行业的人都需要问自己这样一个问题：教育的目的是什么？教育是为了培养律师、工程师这样的职业人，是一种职业教育或者说是一种职前培训吗？或者还是一种通识教育，不是告诉学生他们只需要在某一个专业的框架里研习，而是要培养他们广博的知识修养、灵活变通的能力、坚定的价值观和道德观念以及强烈的公民意识？
以上的说法代表了当下高中教育和大学教育的两种主流观点。然而，这两种看起来水火不容的理念是可以用基于培养正确道德观念的体验式教育来补充和完善职业教育的方式将两者有机的结合起来，从而达成我们所说的全人教育形式。
Leadership training is an experiential process necessary in preparing students
to lead. However, much of the existing leadership framework are aimed primarily at educated adults who are in an institutional position vested with power. As such, it has limited application to the budding adolescent mind.
The focus of the Zen Quest servant leadership program lies in cultivating our students’ intrinsic need and passion in serving others.
In this era of the global village, Chinese Mandarin is quickly becoming one of the most important business languages. The proficiency of both Chinese and English means that students can communicate effectively with more than half of the world. When you partake in a Zen Quest expedition, you can rest assured that there will be plenty of opportunity to sharpen your tongue in both spoken languages.
Mind, Body and Youth Development
The mind and body is intricately connected and this relationship governs our entire behaviour and outlook in life. Our job as outdoor educator is to train both components to cultivate all rounded individuals capable of dealing with the many challenges they will face in life.
Micro Campus (Microcampus) setup in China
Don’t just visit, stay and change your students' global perspectives.
The Microcampusing idea comes from Craig Tafel, a teacher from Shanghai American School (SAS) who uses a luxury mana house retreat ‘The Linden Centre’ near Dali to run microcampusing for SAS students. Our vision for microcampuses see’s many schools across China making use of multiple locations for running extended microcampus programmes.
