Rethinking Outdoor, Experiential and Informal Education

This book seeks to bring together the two disciplines of informal and outdoor education, and challenges readers to think differently about outdoor and adventure education. It develops core ideas and thinking about informal education within outdoor settings, and explores how its principles and practice can enhance outdoor education.

Tony Jeffs recently retired from the Department of Applied Social Sciences Durham University, UK, where he still teaches in a part-time capacity. He was founding editor of the journal Youth and Policy and is currently a member of the journal's Editorial Board. Jon Ord is Associate Professor at Plymouth Marjon University, UK.

1 Origins of Outdoor and Adventure Education 2 Theorising Outdoor Education: Purpose and Practice 3 Experiential Education: The Importance of John Dewey 4 Informal Education & the Outdoors 5 The Living Landscape: Being in Place 6 Wilderness and Informal Education: Importance of wild places and spaces 7 Mountains, Climbing and Informal Education 8 Water Environments and Informal Education 9 Development in the Outdoors: An Asset Based Approach 10 'Living together' - Making the most of the residential experience in outdoor and adventure education 11 Fostering Sustainability in Outdoor and Informal Education