1st Edition
Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education Traditions of practice and philosophical perspectives
Introduction, 1. Experiential pedagogy in the Czech Republic, 2. Experiential Learning in the Outdoors: The Norwegian tradition, 3. Influences on Anglophone Approaches to Outdoor Education, 4. Wilhlem Dilthey: Lived experience and the symbolic productivity of the body, 5. Learning as Differentiation of Experiential Schemas, 6. John Dewey’s concept of experience, 7. The Long-term Influence of Expeditions on People’s Lives, 8. Transformative Experience as a Change of Horizon
Biography
Jim Parry is Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague and former Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK. His main interests are in sports ethics and social and political philosophy. He is Series Co-editor of the Routledge series Ethics and Sport.
Pete Allison is Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. His scientific interests are in experiential education, values, ethics and qualitative research. The main areas of his work are in Snowsports and the Outward Bound™ movement. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Explorers Club of New York, the Young Explorers Trust and the British Exploring Society.
