Adventurous Learning

A Pedagogy for a Changing World
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-83165-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 375 g

Adventurous Learning interrogates the word ‘adventure’ and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own culturally specific, place-responsive contexts, without any requirement to learn a new program or buy an educational gimmick.

As forces of standardization and regulation continue to pervade educational systems across the globe, both teaching and learning have been starved of creativity, choice and ‘real world’ relevance. Many teachers are keen to improve their practice yet feel constrained by the institutional structures within which they work. By carefully examining adventure and its role in education, teachers can become better able to design and deliver engaging programmes that are underpinned by sound pedagogical principles, and which have deep and enduring meaning for their students.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beames, Simon

Brown, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword

James Raffan

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Meanings of adventure

Chapter 3. Socio-cultural backdrop

Chapter 4. Adventure Education, Rationalization and Commodification

Chapter 5. Authenticity

Chapter 6. Agency and Responsibility

Chapter 7. Uncertainty

Chapter 8. Mastery through Challenge

Chapter 9. Adventurous learning: Weaving the strands together

References

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Beames is a senior lecturer in Outdoor Learning at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mike Brown is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.