Releasing Education into the Wild: An Education in, and of, the Outdoors

Autor/inn/en	Skea, Claire; Fulford, Amanda
Titel	Releasing Education into the Wild: An Education in, and of, the Outdoors
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 16 (2021) 1, S.74-90 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Skea, Claire) ORCID (Fulford, Amanda)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2020.1822612
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Outdoor Education; Forestry; Learning Activities; Literature; Educational Philosophy; Transformative Learning; Authors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Freiluftunterricht; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Lernaktivität; Literatur; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Pädagogische Transformation; Author; Autor; Autorin
Abstract	This paper considers the recent growth in different kinds of learning outside the classroom, especially Forest Schools. It shows how the activities associated with Forest Schools often involve mainstream curriculum content delivered in outdoor settings, with a focus on developing skills and attitudes that can be utilised when back in the classroom. Drawing on the works of Henry David Thoreau and Anna (Nan) Shepherd, we suggest that there is an important distinction to be made between an education "in" the outdoors, and an education "of" the outdoors. Through a close reading of 'Walden' and 'The Living Mountain', we argue that both works provide perspectives on being in the outdoors that offer rich educative possibilities. The paper suggests that an education of the outdoors is characterised by a form of attention that opens pupils to a different way of encountering and engaging with the world that is transformative. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01