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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461563103321

Autore

Joyce Rosaleen

Titolo

Outdoor learning [[electronic resource] ] : past and present / / Rosaleen Joyce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England, : Open University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-37522-2

9786613375223

0-335-24302-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

372.1384

Soggetti

Outdoor education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Outdoor learning in the historical context of childhood, 1500 to the present; 3 Born to be educated: John Amos Comenius (1592-1670); 4 Born to learn: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827); 5 Born to do: Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852); 6 Born to breathe: Margaret McMillan (1860-1931); 7 Born to learn in nature: Gòˆsta Frohm in Sweden (1908-99); 8 Born to be free: Forest Schools in the UK (1950s-present); 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Advert; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

The book breaks new ground by placing 'outdoor learning' in a theoretical, historical and social context of changing understandings of children, childhood and the use of the outdoors. The books approach is based on the premise that ideas phase in and out