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      Outdoor education: Opportunities provided by a place based approach

      Brown, Mike
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      Brown, M. (2008). Outdoor education: Opportunities provided by a place based approach. New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education, 2(3), 7-25.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4423
      Abstract
      This paper calls for educators to consider the role that ‘place’ has in outdoor education experiences. It is suggested that greater emphasis and acknowledgment be given to ‘place(s)’ and how they may help students make sense of both their personal and communal identity. The paper is interwoven with a narrative from the author’s experiences of working with Pākehā and Māori students on a course that consciously utilised a ‘place-based’ approach to teaching and learning. The paper challenges the conception that outdoor education requires ‘high-impact’ adventurous activities, instead suggesting that we seek to develop a modest pedagogy which acknowledges our relationships with place(s) as a way to understand who we are , how we connect to others and how we both give and take meanings from the places in which we live and learn. These issues have potential implications for educators and programme designers.
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      2008
      Type
      Journal Article
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      Outdoors New Zealand
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      This article has been published in the journal: New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education. © 2008 New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education. Used with permission.
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