Leisure activities in the outdoors : learning, developing and challenging / edited by Mandi Baker, Neil Carr, and Emma J. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Mandi, editor.

Carr, Neil, editor.

Stewart, Emma J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outdoor recreation.

Leisure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Learning, developing and challenging

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CAB International, [2021]

Summary:

Drawing on a variety of perspectives, geographies and approaches, this book explores the opportunities that leisure in the outdoors provides for learning, development and challenge. The experiences explored range from suburban outdoors to wild places, children to seniors, surfing to mindful reflection, and trail walking to summer camps.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Re-thinking Leisure Activities in the Outdoors

Neil Carr, Mandi Baker and Emma J. Stewart

Section 1: Outdoor Leisure and Wellbeing

2. Understanding the Diversity of Recreational Walking Preferences and Experiences: Casual and Serious Walkers in the English Lake District

Nick Davies

3. Walking Narratives in the Outdoors: Traversing the Thorny Idea of Healthy Minds

Natasha Shuttleworth and Chris Hughes

4. Effects of a Five-day Nordic Skiing Camp on the Individuals and on the Group

Eduard Inglés Yuba, Víctor Labrador Roca and Unai Sáez de Ocáriz Granja

5. Sharing the Hero's Journey: Blog Posts from the Appalachian Trail

Ron McCarville and Chantel Conlon

Section 2: Women and Outdoor Leisure

6. Beyond Tropes: A Dialogue on Asian Women's Experiences in the Outdoors

Yi Chien Jade Ho and Pei Ting Tham

7. 'We Construct our Worlds within these Four Walls': Urban Indian Women's Leisure Constructions and Social Justice

Vinathe Sharma-Brymer

8. Women's Adventure Guiding Experiences: Challenges and Opportunities

Susan Houge Mackenzie and Eliza Raymond

Section 3: Outdoor Leisure, Children and Families

9. Theorizing Family Leisure in the Outdoors and Social Connection

Camilla J. Hodge, Dina Izenstark and Karen K. Melton

10. How Bike Riding Kids Talk about Bike Riding

Erin K. Sharpe, Jocelyn Murtell and Alex Stoikos

11. Moving towards Nature? Exploring Progressive Pathways to Engage Children and Young People from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in Nature-based Activities

Sue Waite, Fatima Husain, Berenice Scandone, Emma Forsyth and Hannah Piggott

Section 4: Facilitating and Encouraging Outdoor Leisure.

12. A Different Way Forward: An Ecological Perspective on Leadership in Outdoor Adventurous Activity

Jason King, Eric Brymer and Katherine Dashper

13. Mindful Place-based Education for Outdoor Recreation Programmers

S. Anthony Deringer, Allie Thomas and Jo An M. Zimmermann

14. Conclusion: Disrupting Outdoor Leisure

Mandi Baker, Emma J. Stewart and Neil Carr

Index

Backcover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781789248210

1789248213

9781789248227

1789248221

OCLC:

1277140032