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ERIC Number: EJ637936
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1472-9679
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Differential Social and Political Influences on Girls and Boys through Education Out of Doors in the United Kingdom.
Cook, Lynn
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v1 n2 p43-51 2001
A historical review of outdoor education in the United Kingdom discusses early objectives of preparing young men for war, improving physical health and moral character, and preventing juvenile delinquency; girls' outdoor courses of the 1950s that emphasized hygiene, homemaking, and child care skills; and outdoor education's reflection of sex-role and other social attitudes. (Contains 43 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Objectives, Females, Foreign Countries, Males, Outdoor Education, Sex Role, Social Attitudes, Social History, Womens Education
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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