Hi Jude

Thanks for your comments - very helpful. Can you (or others) suggest any texts
other than the Hammerman and Hammerman or Smith's well known one's, which
capture this. I am especially interested in any texts from the UK/Europe.

Thanks

John Quay

Jude Hirsch wrote:

> Hi John.
>
> Organized camping is often refered to as a North American gift to the world.
> There are several dissertations that capture this component of the history
> of outdoor education as such.  My take is that the "vacation camp" concept
> was the begining and it soon developed into YMCA and other agency camps.  At
> the time, other areas in the world were taking leadership in what became
> "school camping".  Germany, Sweden, Norway, Britain, etc. were leaders in
> the "school camping" concept.  In NA, the "school camping" concept was more
> closely connected to "organized youth camping", in that, in the beginning it
> was not as strongly connected to curriculum as it was in other parts of the
> world.  Toward the earlier and middle parts of this century other agencies
> in NA became involved in the camping movement by offering focused
> residential camping experiences -- Forest Service, Churches, to name a few
> of many!  By the middle of the century it all kind of merged.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jude
>
> Jude Hirsch, Ed.D.
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> Education Center
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> Hi everyone
>
> I was just reading Hammerman and Hammerman (1968). Outdoor Education: A
> book of readings. Minneapolis. Burgess Publishing.
>
> In this book is a paper from Camping Magazine Volume 8: 13-15; 26-27
> (January 1936) entitled: The History of Organized Camping by Gibson, H.
> W.
>
> In his paper Gibson includes this paragraph:
>
> The history of the organized camping movement is largely the history of
> persons, men and women, possessing the pioneer spirit and the vision of
> bringing back into our highly civilized and in many respects, artificial
> method of living, those values of life which come from living in the
> great out of doors. Since the time of Moses people have camped out along
> the banks of streams, by the shores of lakes an in the mountains, but
> camping as an organized, cooperative way of living, is a comparatively
> recent movement and is distinctly American in its origin.
>
> I am wondering what others think of Gibbon's claim that organized
> camping is distinctly American in its origin. Is that true? What was the
> story in the UK and Europe?
>
> Any thoughts/discussion would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Quay

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