Hi Steve
My query was motivated by a lecture I am preparing. I just needed confirmation that
what my searching was turning up was accurate - on the term "outdoor education" in
particular. You are right about Scandinavia though. I have a small book called:
"Outdoor Education - literary education and sensory experience" (1998) by Dahlgren and
Szczepanski from Sweden. I'd better have a better look at that.
Thanks
John Quay
Steve Bowles wrote:
> Hello John - I guess we have all found some common ground. Wonderful I think
> because this list might do this kind of thing many times.
>
> Just a thought - have you checked other countries? Norway? I say this because
> there are definitions at work there which do tend to open up many more issues
> concerning national curricula. Finland too has some interesting defining things at
> work.
>
> >From the UK there is also a set of definitions that are interesting. Have you
> considered the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme? I recall that that scheme defines
> things at a national level quite clearly and it is my experience that such schemes
> like this are more important than ever in the domain assumptions of the National
> Curriculum as such. I am saying that when the definition of OE is assumed as a
> domain assumption then there is no "need" for any other official definition.
>
> Any way I hope you keep us energised in such matters
> and others too as you will and want
>
> best wishes
> steve bowles
>
> John Quay wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve and Barbara
> >
> > My research has revealed what you have told me. Thanks for taking the time to
> > respond.
> >
> > John Quay
> >
> > Steve Bowles wrote:
> >
> > > Hello John and all - Your question deserves discussion I think. I can say a
> > > few words on this but I suspect that UK based folk will be able to say more
> > > and possibly better. But here goes from what I know :-
> > >
> > > a) There is no definition as such but there are guidelines and general
> > > comments which act as a kind of defining domain. In fact Peter Higgins
> > > (2000) has written " ... there is no curricular requirement for outdoor
> > > education..." ( see his article in the oslo friluftsliv conference report
> > > from January 2000 available from University of Oslo). I know that the above
> > > quote does not say that there is no definition as such but it leads us
> > > towards the position somewhat.
> > > 2. According to David Hopkins and Roger Putnam (1993) in their UK book "
> > > Personal growth through Adventure" the same story comes out. They write that
> > > there is no set definition but they do give a fair amount of public and
> > > governmental guidelines for the OE work. ( see especially pages 193 - 201 ).
> > >
> > > 3. What comes out from my reading is that OE and adventure-based education
> > > and/or OAE is, in the UK throught to be something like this -
> > > cross-curricular (not one subject) - and based still firmly upon self, other
> > > and environment - and still attached to one or another sense of
> > > "citizenship/community".
> > > 4. But as Higgins and others have noted this might be changing now.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps a little John
> > > see you
> > >
> > > steve bowles
> > >
> > > John Quay wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all
> > > >
> > > > I was just wondering if the British National Curriculum had a definition
> > > > of outdoor education? If so - could anyone point me towards a source
> > > > document?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > John Quay
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