Research methods in outdoor studies / edited by Barbara Humberstone and Heather Prince.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humberstone, Barbara.

Contributor:

Humberstone, Barbara, editor.

Prince, Heather, editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in outdoor studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outdoor recreation--Study and teaching.

Outdoor recreation.

Outdoor recreation--Research.

Environmental education--Research.

Environmental education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2020]

Summary:

"Over the last two decades Outdoor Studies has emerged as an innovative and vibrant field of study. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive appraisal of established and cutting-edge research methods as applied to Outdoor Studies. Covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods, the book examines key methodologies, themes and technologies such as digital research, mobile methodologies, ethnography, interviews, research design, research ethics and ways of disseminating research. Featuring contributions from leading researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, this is an essential text for any Outdoor Studies course or for researchers looking for innovative and creative research techniques"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Entangled philosophical and methodological dimensions of research in outdoor studies? Living with(in) messy theorisation

Ethical issues and practicalities in outdoor studies research

Designing effective research projects in outdoor studies

Phenomenological approaches to research in outdoor studies

A critical examination of the place of interviews in outdoor studies research

Methods and techniques for capturing empirical material from experiences and stories in outdoor spaces and places

Mobilising research methods: sensory approaches to outdoor and experiential learning research

Capturing complexity and collaborative emergence through case study design: an ecosocial framework for researching outdoor sustainability education practice

Ethnographic research in outdoor studies

Autoethnography: creating stories that make a difference

Thinking the social through myself: reflexivity in research practice

Finding my professional voice: autobiography as a research method for outdoor studies

Creative non-fiction in outdoor studies

Shared-story approaches in outdoor studies: the HEAR (hermeneutics, auto/ethnography and action research) "listening" methodological model

Digital narrative methodology and multisensory outdoor ethnography

Practising feminist reflexivity: collaborative letter writing as method

Post-qualitative inquiry in outdoor studies: a radical (non-)methodology

Together along the way: applying mobilities through praxis in outdoor studies field research

Mobile methods in outdoor studies: walking interviews with educators

Sensing the outdoors through research: multisensory, multimedia, multimodal and multiliteracy possibilities

Representing experience: creative methods and emergent analysis

Deriving metrics & measures in outdoor research

Scientific investigations in outdoor environments

Mixed methods research in outdoor studies: paradigmatic considerations

Mixed methods research in outdoor studies: practical applications

Quantitative analyses of small samples with complex data-structures

Publishing and disseminating outdoor studies research

Research hubs: the theory-practice nexus

Knocking on doors in the policy corridor: can research in outdoor studies contribute to policy change? A professional narrative on shaping educational policy and practice in Scotland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780429199004

0429199007

9780429581625

0429581629

9780429583520

0429583524

OCLC:

1111505915