Character through Outdoor Adventure Education? The (Delimiting) Hope of Modern Virtue Ethics

Autor/in	Stonehouse, Paul
Titel	Character through Outdoor Adventure Education? The (Delimiting) Hope of Modern Virtue Ethics
Quelle	In: Journal of Experiential Education, 44 (2021) 3, S.243-256 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stonehouse, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8259
DOI	10.1177/1053825920967034
Schlagwörter	Outdoor Education; Semantics; Criticism; Ethics; Values Education; Adventure Education; Moral Values; Moral Development; Guidance; Educational Philosophy; Environmental Education; Experiential Learning; Correlation; Teaching Methods; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiluftunterricht; Semantik; Kritik; Ethik; Werterziehung; Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Moralische Entwicklung; Beratung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Korrelation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	Background: The long-held assumption of character development through outdoor adventure education (OAE) maintains some adherents; however, growing criticism calls into question its efficacy. Yet, current social/environmental crises signal the immediate importance of moral education. Purpose: This article highlights the importance of character in moral assessment and guidance and registers the need for an account of character relevant to OAE's social/environmental aims. It suggests a modern virtue ethical lens as a philosophical and practical way forward for OAE's moral educational mission. Methodology/Approach: This article searches the OAE literature for substantiating evidence (rational and empirical). Then, in light of this search, a virtue ethical account of character, including its development, and relevance to OAE, is outlined. Findings/Conclusions: Evidence for character development through OAE is nearly non-existent, and semantic, philosophical, and empirical critiques loom large. If OAE wishes to continue its moral mission, then an account of character--promisingly provided in virtue ethical theory(s)--that can withstand these critiques is needed. Implications: Applied to OAE, modern virtue ethical theory provides an account of character, copes with the critiques, and supplies socially/environmentally relevant curricular and pedagogical guidance for future practice, while likely delimiting our claim to character development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01