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ERIC Number: EJ1367348
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1472-9679
EISSN: EISSN-1754-0402
Narratives of Teaching in Outdoor and Environmental Education: What Can We Learn from a Case Study of Outdoor Education Pedagogy?
Evans, Neus; Acton, Renae
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v22 n3 p214-227 2022
This paper draws on data collected during an outdoor education camp in regional Australia, where the researchers observed the teaching practice of a veteran outdoor educator. We first situate the study in a summary of the outdoor education literature and policy that informed our research. We then present the observed teaching strategies, detailing narratives of role-based learning and a yarning circle. These demonstrate the educator's intentional enactment of a range of teaching and learning strategies that span across the behaviourist-constructivist-socio-constructivist spectrum to facilitate learning. Discussion then focuses on two distinguishing features of the educator's pedagogic practice: "nurturing expanded understandings of self through place-responsive teaching" and "pedagogic agility." In exploring the practice of an experienced outdoor educator, this research provides insight into the intentional use of a suite of specific teaching and learning strategies, which extends and enhances the current field.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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