Finding new ways: developing a time and place responsive approach to outdoor learning

Towers, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-2931 and Loynes, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-7954 (2017) Finding new ways: developing a time and place responsive approach to outdoor learning. Horizons, 78 . pp. 10-13.

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Abstract

Place responsiveness in international outdoor education is a ‘hot’ topic that came to the fore for staff at the University when we were faced with an international cohort of masters students. The last thing we wanted to be accused of was a neo-colonial teaching of the British ‘way’ leading to the emergence of a globalised practice in places as far-flung and as different in their landscapes and cultures as Columbia, Kazakhstan and the Philippines. Would it be possible to overcome all the traditions, training and expectations of the UK’s iconic outdoor education practices, from adventure activities to environmental sciences, in order to develop a practice largely inspired by the place itself?

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Horizons
Publisher:	Institute for Outdoor Learning
ISSN:	1462-0677
Departments:	Academic Departments > Science, Natural Resources & Outdoor Studies (SNROS) > Outdoor Studies
Depositing User:	Daniel Towers
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2017 10:21
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2024 17:46
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3002

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