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• Title:A pedagogy of place : outdoor education for a changing world / Brian Wattchow and Mike Brown.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wattchow, Brian, 1961-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Brown, Michael.
  
• Published/Created:Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Publishing, ©2011.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1047 .W38 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Outdoor education.
  
• Description:xxix, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:"A 'pedagogy of place' refers to an alternative vision for outdoor education practice. This timely book, A Pedagogy of Place, calls into question some of the underlying assumptions and 'truths' about outdoor education, and in turn offers alternatives to current practice that are responsive to local conditions and cultural traditions. In this renewal of outdoor education philosophy and practice, the emphasis is upon responding to, and empathising with, the outdoors as particular places, rich in local meaning and significance. Current outdoor education theory and practice is influenced by cultural ideas about risk and adventure, and by psychological theories of personal and social development. However, in recent decades the professional discourse of outdoor education has made a noticeable shift to include education for the 'environment' and 'nature'. This has resulted in a mismatch between theory and practice: traditional notions of proving oneself 'against' the challenges of the outdoors are antithetical to the development of an empathetic relationship with outdoor places, which growing concern with today's environment demands. This book will be the first of its kind to articulate a renewal of philosophy and practice for outdoor education that is in keeping with the educational needs of today's young people as they grapple with considerable social and ecological changes in a rapidly changing world. The authors draw extensively on international, national and local literature and provide compelling case studies drawn from the Australian and New Zealand contexts."--Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:Includes bibilographical references (pages [201]-214).
  
• ISBN:9780980651249 (pb)
  9780980651256 (web)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Personal Narratives: A Place to Start
  ch. 2 Outdoor Education: Myths, Dubious Claims and the Denial of Place
  ch. 3 Case for Place
  ch. 4 Emergence of Place in Outdoor Education
  ch. 5 Expeditionary Learning and a Sense of Place ~ Brian
  ch. 6 `That Feeling of Familiarity': Developing Place-Responsiveness ~ Mike
  ch. 7 Transitions: A Changing Sense of Place ~ Mike
  ch. 8 Knowable Places: The Story of a Place-Responsive Educator ~ Brian
  ch. 9 Signposts to a Place-Responsive Pedagogy in Outdoor Education.