Course materials for "Philosophy of Outdoor Education"
Many undergraduate or instructor training programs for outdoor
education include a section or course(s) on the philosophy and theories of
outdoor education.
1. James Neill "Outdoor Education Philosophy & Methods"
(University of New Hampshire, USA, 2001-2002)
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course syllabus [.zip; 58kb]: This course focused on the development of
individuals' own philosophy of outdoor education. To inform the
development of a personal philosophy of outdoor education, participants engaged
in (i) critical reading of some key texts (especially Dewey's "Experience and
Education"); and (ii) and initiatives and "taster" adventure programming
experiences which were related to philosophical topics. The delivery
format was 2 x 80 minutes classes per week over 15 weeks, with class sizes
approx 25), plus a day-long semi-rural small-group treasure-hunt. The
course material could be adapted to other delivery formats. This course
was previously taught with different emphases by Mike Gass, Dan Garvey and Scott
Wurdinger. Teaching this course inspired several related topics on this website:
2. Ken Gilbertson - University of Minnesota Duluth, USA -
http://www.d.umn.edu/~kgilbert/
3. Mark Lund, Grant McKewan College, USA -
http://www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/lundm/ |