Sourcebook of Experiential Education Key Thinkers and Their Contributions

Preface

Acknowledgements

1.Experiential Education and Learning by Experience, Thomas E. Smith, Clifford E. Knapp, Jayson Seaman, & Steve Pace

Part I. Philosophers and Educational Theorists

2. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates: Ancient Greek Perspectives on Experiential Learning, Paul Stonehouse, Pete Allison, & David Carr

3. Rousseau and Pestalozzi: Emile, Gertrude, and Experiential Education Thomas E. Smith

4. Patrick Geddes: "Vivendo Discimus" - By Living We Learn, Peter Higgins & Robbie Nicol

5. Alfred North Whitehead: Educational Emergence, Jasper S. Hunt

6. Martin Buber: Dialogue, Relationship, the Other, and the More-than-Human World, Sean Blenkinsop

7. Paul Freire: Critical Praxis and Experiential Education, Mary Breunig

8. Maxine Greene: The Power of the Possible, Laurie S. Frank

9. Eleanor Duckworth: The Teacher's Teacher, Andrew Bobilya & Brad Daniel

Part II. Nature Study, Outdoor, and Environmental Education 

10. Louis Agassiz: Nature and Experiential Education, Clifford E. Knapp

11. Alexander von Humboldt: Experiential Expeditionary Scientist, Brad Daniel

12. Anna Botsford Comstock: Beyond Science - Learning about Self and Nature through Field Experience, Janice L. Woodhouse & Christopher D. Wells

13. Charles Eastman and Luther Standing Bear: Two Early Indian Writiers, Clifford E. Knapp

14. Aldo Leopold: Teaching in the Spirit of the Land Ethic, Steven Simpson

15. Lloyd B. Sharp: Trailblazer in Outdoor Education, Julie Carlson

16. Rachel Carson: Inspiring a Sense of Wonder, Karen Warren & Lorene Wapotich

17. Sigurd Olson and Paul Shepard: Experiential Education and Ancient Rhythms, Bob Henderson

Part III. Psychologists & Sociologists 

18. Emile Durkheim: Socialization and Education, Thomas E. Smith

19. Lev Vygotsky: Experiential Education - A View from the Future, Jayson Seaman & Mathew Gingo

20. Fritz Perls: Gestalt Therapy and Experiential Education, Thomas Lindblade

21. Kurt Lewin: Another Kurt for Experiential Educators to Know, Thomas E. Smith & Chris Leeming

22. Earl Kelley: Education for What is Real, Edward O. Raiola

23. Carl Rogers: A Way of Being an Experiential Educator, Thomas E. Smith

Part IV. School and Program Founders: Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory

24. Maria Montessori: Founding Mother of Experiential Education? Michael J. Swiderski

25. Cecil Reddie: Pioneering Headmaster, Robbie Nicol & Peter Higgins

26. Fridtjof Nansen: Adventure and Friluftsliv, Gunnar Repp

27. Juliette Gordon Low: Scouting and Experiential Education, Thomas E. Smith

28. Paul Petzoldt: Man of the Mountains, Tim O’Connell

29. Silvia Ashton-Warner: Teacher and Reflective Practitioner, Maureen Zarrella

30. Campbell Loughmiller: The Father of Therapeutic Camping, James Doncaster

31. Sidney B. Simon: Values Clarification Pioneer, Clifford E. Knapp

32. Eliot Wigginton: Foxfire - No Inert Ideas Allowed Here, Cynthia McDermott & Hilton Smith

33. Tricia Yu: The Tae of Experience, Gloree Rohnke

Appendix I. Deserving a Closer Look: Other Thinkers and Suggested Readings 

Appendix II. Editors' Dialogue

Appendix III. Words of Wisdom: Selected Quotations about Experiential Education

About the Editors and the Contributing Authors

Index

Biography

Thomas E. Smith, Founder/Director of the Raccoon Institute and Independent Psychologist/ Wilderness Guide, has taught psychology and education at colleges and universities and is a frequent presenter, consultant, and trainer at regional, national, and international conference workshops on experiential /adventure/ challenge/ outdoor education.

Clifford E. Knapp, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University, has taught at all levels of education, elementary through graduate school, and is a frequent presenter at state, national, and international conferences offering workshops in experiential education and place-based education.