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Title: |
A Pedagogy of Place |
| Sub-title: |
Outdoor Education for a Changing World |
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| By (author): |
Mike Brown, Brian Wattchow |
| ISBN10-13: |
0980651247 : 9780980651249 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
234x153mm |
| Pages: |
244 |
| Weight: |
.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - February 2011 |
| List Price: |
23.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Reprint under Consideration
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| Subjects: |
Educational strategies & policy |
| A Pedagogy of Place offers an alternative vision for outdoor education practice. This timely book calls into question some of the underlying assumptions and â truthsâ about outdoor education, putting forward alternatives to current practice that are responsive to local conditions and cultural traditions. In this renewal of outdoor education philosophy and practice, the emphasis is upon responding to, and empathising with, the outdoors as particular places, rich in local meaning and significance. Current outdoor education theory and practice is influenced by cultural ideas about risk and adventure, and by psychological theories of personal and social development. However, in recent decades the professional discourse of outdoor education has made a noticeable shift to include education for the â environmentâ and â natureâ . This has resulted in a mismatch between theory and practice: traditional notions of proving oneself â againstâ the challenges of the outdoors are antithetical to the development of an empathetic relationship with outdoor places, which growing concern with todayâ s environment demands. This book is the first of its kind to articulate a renewal of philosophy and practice for outdoor education that is in keeping with the educational needs of todayâ s young people as they grapple with considerable social and ecological changes in a rapidly changing world. The authors draw extensively on international, national and local literature and provide compelling case studies drawn from the Australian and New Zealand contexts. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Introduction; Personal Narratives; Outdoor Education; The Case for Place; The Emergence of Place in Outdoor Education; Expeditionary Learning and a Sense of Place; That Feeling of Familiarity; Transitions; Knowable Places; Signposts to a Place-Responsive Pedagogy in Outdoor Education Notes; References; About the Authors. |
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