Experiencing the Outdoors

Enhancing Strategies for Wellbeing

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The space is outdoors. The experience is personal and the journey can be solitary or take place in groups. Informal or formal the places visited are sites of learning. Locked in memory our experiences in the outdoors are a constant source of wonderment and food to replenish our sense of wellbeing. Our experiences in the outdoors can endure in the abstract as ideas for developing a sense of a well lived life. They can also draw us back to places and reenergise the body. Physical and emotional wellbeing collides in the unexpected events that flourish in the outdoors. Our readiness for enjoyment and personal development are subjective states which this book challenges. Traversing the landscape of the outdoors the collection of chapters contained range from the theoretical to the practical including strategies for teaching and learning that are transdisciplinary. With ideas for practitioners as well as thoughtful reading for readers of diverse ages and interests this book includes contributions from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Canada.
Foreword by Peter Hay.

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An Early Morning Walk
In Search of ‘the Outdoors’
Pages: 1–12
Walking the Ground
(Re)storying Footprints
Pages: 13–24
A Canadian Wilderness Expedition from a Danish Perspective
Culture Analysis and Reflections
Pages: 25–35
Pipe Dreams
A Tale of Two Cities
Pages: 37–47
Embodiment, Nature and Wellbeing
More Than the Senses?
Pages: 61–72
Re-imagining the Outdoor Experience
A Philosophical View
Pages: 73–81
Adventure in Leisure
An Exploration of Indoor and Outdoor Climbing Communities
Pages: 101–111
The Spaces of Outdoor Learning
An Actor-network Exploration
Pages: 123–134
Environmental and Outdoor Learning in Hong Kong
Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Pages: 135–146
Best Practice in Outdoor Environmental Education Fieldwork
Pedagogies to Improve Student Learning
Pages: 165–176
Safety Ltd. Inc.
Accident Theory and the Institutionalisation of Outdoor Education
Pages: 177–191
Vocational Training and Higher Education
Using Outdoor Education as a Lens
Pages: 207–221
Realising Sustainability Leadership
The Role of Green Non-Government Organisations in Outdoor Environmental Education in Hong Kong
Pages: 223–232
Rewording the World
Narrative and Nature after Poststructuralism
Pages: 233–244
With ideas for practitioners as well as thoughtful reading for readers of diverse ages and interests this book includes contributions from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Canada.
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