Once upon a time

Loynes, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-7954 (1999) Once upon a time. In: 11th Australian Outdoor Education Conference: The Human Face of Outdoor Education, 11-15 January 1999, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper is not rigorous in the academic sense. It does not set out to propose or test a theory. Nor does it seek to make sense of carefully collected data. Rather, I am attempting to describe the intuitive sense making process of my own mind reconciling things I have noticed in my experience working with people outdoors. In writing this way I am keeping to a tradition of experiential learning described by John Heron as Manifold Learning (Heron,1989). While this is not widely accepted as a rigorous approach it is, I believe, a rational one that allows the imagination and lay knowledge to openly compliment the conceptual mind and expert knowledge. This, then, is a description of my truth, not a truth and it need not be true for you. The references are those books that are most directly relevant to my theme and which helped illuminate the sense I was making of my experiences to the point of being able to attempt to articulate them to others.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Journal / Publication Title:	Proceedings of the 11th Australian Outdoor Education Conference
Departments:	Institute of Science and Environment > Outdoor Studies Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA)
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	06 Apr 2016 12:02
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2024 09:41
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2082

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