Experiencing the Outdoors : : Enhancing Strategies for Wellbeing / / edited by Margaret Robertson, Ruth Lawrence, Gregory Heath.

• Superior document: Researching Environmental Learning
• HerausgeberIn: Robertson, Margaret.; Lawrence, Ruth.; Heath, Gregory.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Language: English
• Series: Researching Environmental Learning
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Margaret Robertson , Ruth Lawrence and Gregory Heath -- An Early Morning Walk / Margaret Robertson -- Walking the Ground / Genny Blades -- A Canadian Wilderness Expedition from a Danish Perspective / Erik Mygind -- Pipe Dreams / Gregory Lowan-Trudeau -- Ko Ahau Te Awa Ko Te Awa Ko Ahau – I am the River, and the River Is Me / Mike Brown and Sharyn Heaton -- Embodiment, Nature and Wellbeing / Barbara Humberstone -- Re-imagining the Outdoor Experience / Gregory Heath -- Encouraging Paddling Participation through Canoe Trail Development in the Barmah Millewa Floodplain Forest, Australia / Chris Townsend and Ruth Lawrence -- Adventure in Leisure / Paul Beedie -- Paying Attention to Perceptual Experience within Nature / Marcus Morse -- The Spaces of Outdoor Learning / Lesley Hodgson -- Environmental and Outdoor Learning in Hong Kong / Irene Nga-Yee Cheng and John Chi-Kin Lee -- Affordances of an Ocean Walk / Colin Hoad -- Best Practice in Outdoor Environmental Education Fieldwork / Glyn Thomas and Brendon Munge -- Safety Ltd. Inc. / Lucas Bester -- Local Environmental Knowledge of School Students / Peter Martin -- Vocational Training and Higher Education / Peter Holmes -- Realising Sustainability Leadership / Eric Po Keung Tsang -- Rewording the World / Noel Gough -- The Outdoors as a Fluid Concept / Ruth Lawrence , Margaret Robertson and Gregory Heath -- Author Biographies / Margaret Robertson , Ruth Lawrence and Gregory Heath -- Index / Margaret Robertson , Ruth Lawrence and Gregory Heath.