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Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World
Simon Beames
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Description for Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Adventurous Learning interrogates the word `adventure' and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own culturally specific, place-responsive contexts, without any requirement to learn a new program or buy an educational gimmick. As forces of standardization and regulation continue to pervade educational systems across the globe, both teaching ... Read more
Adventurous Learning interrogates the word `adventure' and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own culturally specific, place-responsive contexts, without any requirement to learn a new program or buy an educational gimmick. As forces of standardization and regulation continue to pervade educational systems across the globe, both teaching ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
126
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138831667
SKU
V9781138831667
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Ref
99-1
About Simon Beames
Simon Beames is a senior lecturer in Outdoor Learning at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mike Brown is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Reviews for Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World
This appropriately titled book is an engaging, compelling and clear read for any teacher involved in formal education and challenges the reader to conceive and construct approaches to learning that are arguably relevant for a changing world in the twenty-first century [...] This is an excellent book that is well worth investing in. It is highly perceptive and pleasingly written ... Read more