Outdoor Environmental Education in Higher Education : International Perspectives / edited by Glyn Thomas, Janet Dyment, Heather Prince.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Glyn, editor.

Dyment, Janet, editor.

Prince, Heather, editor.

Series:

International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2214-4226 ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental education.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Study skills.

Environmental and Sustainability Education.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Study and Learning Skills.

Local Subjects:

Environmental and Sustainability Education.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Study and Learning Skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book brings together an international group of authors to discuss the outdoor environmental education (OEE) theory and practice that educators can use to support teaching and learning in higher education. The book contents are organised around a recently established list of threshold concepts that can be used to describe the knowledge and skills that university students would develop if they complete a major in outdoor education. There are six key sections: the theoretical foundations and philosophies of OEE; the pedagogical approaches and issues involved in teaching OEE; the ways in which OEE is a social, cultural and environmental endeavour; how outdoor educators can advocate for social justice; key approaches to safety management; and the need for on-going professional practice. The threshold concepts that form the premise of the book describe outdoor educators as creating opportunities for experiential learning using pedagogies that align their programme’s purpose and practice. Outdoor educators are place-responsive, and see their work as a social, cultural and environmental endeavour. They advocate for social and environmental justice, and they understand and apply safety principles and routinely engage in reflective practice. This book will provide clarity and direction for emerging and established outdoor educators around the world and will also be relevant to students and professionals working in related fields such as environmental education, adventure therapy, and outdoor recreation.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Preparing outdoor educators to be transformational teachers and leaders

Part I: Theoretical foundations and philosophies

Chapter 2. Philosophizing in outdoor environmental education: How might experience work?

Chapter 3. Worldviews, environments and education

Chapter 4. Human-nature relationships: Navigating a privileged white landscape

Chapter 5. Developing a sense of place

Chapter 6. Leadership theory: From effective to extraordinary

Part II: Pedagogical approaches and issues

Chapter 7. Beyond experiential learning cycles

Chapter 8. Adventure and risk in outdoor environmental education

Chapter 9. Place-responsiveness in outdoor environmental education

Chapter 10. Wild pedagogies

Chapter 11. Outdoor therapy: Benefits, mechanisms and useful principles for activating health, wellbeing, and healing in nature

Chapter 12. Intentionality for outdoor educators

Chapter 13. Digital technology in outdoor education

Chapter 14. Journeying in outdoor andenvironmental education

Chapter 15. Outdoor education and pedagogical content knowledge: More than class five rapids

Part III: Outdoor environmental education as a social, cultural and environmental endeavour

Chapter 16. Nature connection

Chapter 17. Reading landscapes: Engaging with places

Chapter 18. Embracing Country as teacher in outdoor and environmental education

Chapter 19. Postcolonial possibilities for outdoor environmental education

Chapter 20. Embracing local community through post-activity outdoor education

Chapter 21. Social capital: A common purpose

Part IV: Advocacy

Chapter 22. Diversity and inclusion in OEE

Chapter 23. Is outdoor and environmental education ‘making a difference’? Gender and binary heteronormative cisgenderism

Chapter 24. Topographies of hope: Social justice, outdoor environmental education, and accomplice-ship

Part V: Safety Management

Chapter 25. Fatality prevention in OEE

Chapter 26. Place-based fatality preventionin action

Chapter 27. Systems thinking approaches to safety in outdoor education

Part VI: Professional Practice

Chapter 28. On being a reflective practitioner

Chapter 29. Outdoor environmental education research and reflective practice

Chapter 30. Professionalism, professionalisation and professional currency in outdoor environmental education

Chapter 31. Introducing ecologies of skill for outdoor leaders

Chapter 32. Managing outdoor education fieldwork.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Thomas, Glyn Outdoor Environmental Education in Higher Education

ISBN:

9783030759803

3030759806

OCLC:

1283819410