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Adventurous learning : a pedagogy for a changing world / Simon Beames and Mike Brown.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xix, 126 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138831650
  • 1138831654
  • 9781138831667
  • 1138831662
Other title:
  • Pedagogy for a changing world
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.384 23
LOC classification:
  • LC1038 .B43 2016
Contents:
Foreword / James Raffan -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Meanings of adventure -- 3. Socio-cultural backdrop -- 4. Adventure education, rationalization and commodification -- 5. Authenticity -- 6. Agency and responsibility -- 7. Uncertainty -- 8. Mastery through challenge -- 9. Adventurous learning: weaving the strands together -- References -- Index.
Summary: "Adventurous Learning interrogates the word ‘adventure’ and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own culturally specific, place-responsive contexts, without any requirement to learn a new program or buy an educational gimmick." --Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 371.384 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A540825B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / James Raffan -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Meanings of adventure -- 3. Socio-cultural backdrop -- 4. Adventure education, rationalization and commodification -- 5. Authenticity -- 6. Agency and responsibility -- 7. Uncertainty -- 8. Mastery through challenge -- 9. Adventurous learning: weaving the strands together -- References -- Index.

"Adventurous Learning interrogates the word ‘adventure’ and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own culturally specific, place-responsive contexts, without any requirement to learn a new program or buy an educational gimmick." --Publisher's website.

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