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Adventurous learning : a pedagogy for a changing world / Simon Beames and Mike Brown.

By: Beames, Simon [author.].
Contributor(s): Brown, Mike (Michael Stuart) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2016Description: xix, 126 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138831667.Subject(s): Adventure education | Education | Philosophy & theory of education | Moral & social purpose of education | Teaching -- Specific subject | SustainabilityAdditional physical formats: Electronic version:: Adventurous learning : a pedagogy for a changing world DDC classification: 371.384 BEA Also available in electronic form.
Contents:
Introduction -- Meanings of adventure -- Socio-cultural backdrop -- Adventure education, rationalization and commodification -- Authenticity -- Agency and responsibility -- Uncertainty -- Challenge through mastery -- Adventurous learning: weaving the strands together.
Summary: '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 programme or buy an educational gimmick.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Meanings of adventure -- Socio-cultural backdrop -- Adventure education, rationalization and commodification -- Authenticity -- Agency and responsibility -- Uncertainty -- Challenge through mastery -- Adventurous learning: weaving the strands together.

'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 programme or buy an educational gimmick.

Also available in electronic form.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Preface (p. xv)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xix)
  • 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • 2 Meanings of Adventure (p. 10)
  • 3 Socio-cultural Backdrop (p. 22)
  • 4 Adventure Education, Rationalization and Commodification (p. 34)
  • 5 Authenticity (p. 50)
  • 6 Agency and Responsibility (p. 62)
  • 7 Uncertainty (p. 74)
  • 8 Mastery through Challenge (p. 85)
  • 9 Adventurous Learning: Weaving the Strands Together (p. 99)
  • References (p. 111)
  • Index (p. 122)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.