Outdoor Adventure Education Trends and New Directions

• Other Authors: Roberts, Nina S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Humanities; Education; outdoor adventure education; social justice; inclusive praxis; Outward Bound; policy; purposes; practice; barriers; outdoor learning; outdoor and adventure education; international perspectives; comparative; experiential learning; transformative learning; equity; pedagogy; whiteness; gender; critical theory; outdoor education; outdoor skills; partnership; outdoor programs; outdoor education in urban areas; outdoor recreation; female empowerment; single-gender; adolescent programming; adolescent girls; outdoor camp; girls' camp; youth development; treasure hunt; mobile learning; geocaching; smartphone; educational app; Lesvos island; secondary education students; undergraduate students; nature-based programs; ecological framework; COVID-19 impact; n/a
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

The overall focus, scope, and purpose of this Special Issue on outdoor adventure is to provide the current and anticipated future trends, offer innovative ideas for new programs, support decision making for managers to move plans and intentions into action, inspire pioneering staff training and leadership development, incite policy reviews and revisions, promote resource (re)allocation where needed, and stimulate culture shifts among outdoor leaders and managers. Furthermore, this Special Issue is situated within the existing literature by depicting major trends in the field, exploring organizational issues and successes, identifying gaps between research and practice, and formulating solutions to some of the field's most pressing challenges. Of particular interest were manuscripts reporting the following: • Adventure education across diverse cultures; • Innovative partnerships for experiential education outdoors; • Land management agencies working with adventure education programs; • Leadership and/or management issues and challenges; • Programming advances, participation trends; • Recruitment and retention of diverse staff, workforce enhancement; • Social groups/identity and outdoor spaces (e.g., people of color and outdoor adventure; women in the outdoors-where have we been, where are we going?; LGBTQ trends and future directions; youth and outdoor adventure); • Socioeconomic factors and solutions; • Technology influences and adventure education; • Working with schools/school districts and being in sync with curriculum needs, supporting transportation challenges, etc.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (134 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-0259-5
9783036502588
9783036502595

Access

Open Access