The Changing World of Outdoor Learning in Europe sets out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the economical and political changes that have occurred in European outdoor culture in the preceding two decades, from a diverse range of perspectives including institutional, theoretical, national and educational views. The book looks at how outdoor education has been transformed into an increasingly global field where established and influenced practices have been introduced into modernising and democratising nations.
With contributions from the members of the board of the European Institute of Outdoor Adventure Eduation and Experiential Learning and representatives of the networks that stand behind it, this unique book provides thorough factual analyses and examinations of outdoor learning that have never been presented before. The book contains contributions from across Europe, with authors from the UK, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia, Poland, Norway and the Czech Republic. Chapters within the volume by non - European authors provide another perspective on the European story in a wider context. As a whole, the book will stimulate the ongoing debate about the nature, function and organisation of outdoor education around the globe.
The Changing World of Outdoor Learning in Europe
will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of outdoor education, leadership and recreation; and outdoor, sport, environmental and leisure studies. It should also be essential reading for those involved in outdoor organisations in Europe and worldwide.
Introduction
Peter Becker for editors
Section 1: Socio-political and environmental contexts
Introduction
Barbara Humberstone
Self-fulfilment in nature: Observations about a major narrative in European
outdoor culture
Peter Becker
Youth policy of the European Union
Jochem Schirp
Women in outdoor adventure education and outdoor learning in Europe: feminist
issues, gender relations and future perspectives
Kirsti Pedersen-Gurholt
Outdoor education/studies and Eco-feminisms Reflections on the last 20
years
Di Collins, Barbara Humberstone
Consider your trace: the shift from education in to education for the
environment
Chris Loynes
Section 2: Structures and Agencies
Introduction
Jochem Schirp
Transcultural explorations in nature based early childhood education
Eva Ärlemalm-Hagser, Sue Elliott
The changing character of Outdoor Education Centres in the UK
Geoff Cooper
TEOS - an attempt to establish an academic discourse about the European
Outdoor Culture in a continually further globalising world
Peter Becker, Martin Lindner and Martin Vollmar
No risk, no experience Imbalances in the safety-provisions discourse from
the outdoor-pedagogical perspective
Martin Vollmer, Martin Lindner
Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning: examining journal trends since 2000
Heather Prince, Beth Christie, Barbara Humberstone, Kirsti Pedersen Gurholt
Section 3: National perspectives
Introduction
Chris Loynes
Development(s) of Outdoor Education in Sweden
Erik Backman
Outdoor Education in the National Curriculum: the shifting sands in formal
education
Mark Leather
Irish Outdoor Education: knowing my place
Stephen Hannon
The Development and Role of Outdoor Education and COD in the Slovenian
School System
Darja Skribe Dimec and Irena Kokalj
'From Erä to Elo. Loss or Gain? A brief history of Finnish Outdoor Education
Jari Kujala
Education in Nature Programmes in the Czech Republic Since 1989
Jan Neuman, Ivana Turkova and Andrew J. Martin
Conversations across the Pond: connections between Canadian and Western
European outdoor studies over the last 20 years
Pat Maher
End Piece: Adventures in the Outdoors an email communication between Steve
Bowles & Peter Becker
Steve Bowles, Peter Becker
Peter Becker, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of sociology and anthropology of sport at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany.
Barbara Humberstone, PhD, is Professor of Sociology of Sport and Outdoor Education at Buckinghamshire New University, UK.
Chris Loynes, PhD, is Reader in Outdoor Studies at the University of Cumbria.
Jochem Schirp, retired director of bsj Marburg (Germany), a nation- and Europe-wide operating non-profit organisation in the field of child and youth care.
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