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

By:

Beames, Simon [author.]

Contributor(s):

Brown, Mike [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138831650
1138831654
9781138831667
1138831662

Other title:

Pedagogy for a changing world

Subject(s):

Adventure education

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

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Includes bibliographical references and 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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