Lessons from Cuba: Using Sense of Place as a Tool to Connect Internationally and at Home

Autor/inn/en	Dear, Samantha; Sayle, Hilary
Titel	Lessons from Cuba: Using Sense of Place as a Tool to Connect Internationally and at Home
Quelle	In: Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 23 (2011) 3, S.32-33 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0840-8114
Schlagwörter	Outdoor Education; Leisure Education; Field Experience Programs; Foreign Countries; Recreation; Latin Americans; Cultural Pluralism; Study Abroad; College Students; Cultural Awareness; Politics; Social Environment; Peer Relationship; Museums; Canada; Cuba + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiluftunterricht; Freizeitpädagogik; Praxisnahes Lernen; Ausland; Re-creation; Erholung; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Kulturpluralismus; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Collegestudent; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Politik; Soziales Umfeld; Peer-Beziehungen; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Kanada; Kuba
Abstract	In the spring of 2010, 16 Recreation and Leisure Studies students from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, travelled to Cuba to complete a fourth-year field class titled International Field Experiences in Recreation and Leisure. After a week spent in Havana, Brock University students engaged in a unique outdoor education experience. With support from Mountain Hardware (that provided tents and sleeping bags), Brock students were able to share a crosscultural experience with 16 Cuban students from the University Superior de Cultura Fisica, Cuba's national university for sport and recreation. When the authors were asked to reflect on "sense of place" and how this concept fit into the program, they were surprised that many of the tenets of place mirrored the pre-departure curriculum of this course. For example, gaining knowledge of the political, social and environmental conditions of Cuba, prior to departure, helped Canadian students understand and engage in informed and critical discussion with their Cuban peers. However, upon further consideration of place, the most intriguing and unexpected realization was that Cuban and Canadian students naturally began to teach one another new ways to understand and connect to their home country. This article shares stories from the trip that exemplify two moments where this unexpected exchange occurred: (1) at the Museum of the Revolution; and (2) reactions to "Leave No Trace" (LNT) principles. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario. 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 3C6, Canada. e-mail: info@COEO.org; Web site: http://www.coeo.org/publication.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10