Describes overt and latent gender conflicts in an adventure education program at a small southwestern college. Analyzes dynamics within the program, drawing on feminist application of social construction theory, the theory of gender differences in moral development, and a feminist critique of dualistic hierarchical thinking. Discusses implications…

Suggests that experiential educators must be concerned about the intersection of human and environmental factors, and that ecofeminism provides a framework for examining this intersection. Defines ecofeminism and discusses its benefits and shortcomings as a foundation for social, educational, and environmental philosophy and practice. Contains 16…

Review of feminist scholarship on gender provides a tool for tracing gender concepts taken for granted in theoretical and applied aspects of experiential education. Examines the concept of gender as theorized in competing frameworks: as personality factor, structural category, or identity constituted in social relations. Suggests approaches to…

In order to build programs that embrace social and cultural diversity, educators must understand the perspectives of people of color and how agencies unwittingly create systematic barriers to program access through stigmatization and marginalization. Identifies strategies that decrease the stigmatizing process and foster greater accessibility of…

Ecofeminism draws parallels between treatment of women and treatment of the planet and has relevance for experiential and outdoor educators. This brief introduction outlines areas of ecofeminism: philosophy and science, politics, spirituality, and living in healthy interactions with one another and the environment. Contains 50 references and…

Discusses the forces driving increasing environmental problems, why these problems defy easy solution, and the role of experiential education in natural resource management issues. Discusses adaptations of experiential programming to lessen impacts on natural environments and to promote proenvironmental behaviors through awareness building,…

The literature on facilitation describes the skills, methods, models and theories of facilitation but gives less coverage to the assumptions and philosophies that underpin the processes by which facilitators develop. This paper reviews the literature on facilitation and provides a typology, which classifies the different approaches to facilitator…