- Title
- A pedagogy of place : outdoor education for a changing world
- Creator
- Wattchow, Brian; Brown, Michael
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Book
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/158915
- Identifier
- vital:11913
- Identifier
- ISBN:0-9806512-4-7
- Abstract
- A ‘pedagogy of place’ refers to an alternative vision for outdoor education practice. This timely book, A Pedagogy of Place, calls into question some of the underlying assumptions and ‘truths’ about outdoor education, and in turn offers 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 ‘environment’ and ‘nature’. This has resulted in a mismatch between theory and practice: traditional notions of proving oneself ‘against’ the challenges of the outdoors are antithetical to the development of an empathetic relationship with outdoor places, which growing concern with today’s environment demands.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Outdoor education
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