Publisher's Synopsis
Outdoor education still has a long way to go in terms of its acceptance by educational organisations and the public at large, some of whom even question its very meaning and purpose. This important new book - will help clarify aims and encourage the pursuit of good practice...as well as provide a detailed overview for those trainers, commissioners and funders with whom outdoor educators work in partnership. The RHP Companion to Outdoor Education is "a lucid and helpful assessment of the state of outdoor education today, with an important focus on how differing individuals and groups may learn from outdoor experience...a summary of the differing approaches...a catalyst for further experiment and innovation..." From the Foreword by Roger Putnam MBE, former chair of the Mountain Leader Training Board, the National Association for Outdoor Education and the English Outdoor Council. Providing information about outdoor education in its many and varied guises, the editors' intention is to change readers' thinking by: introducing ideas and topics they have not encountered before; reminding them of methods, principles or issues which may have been forgotten; reinforcing principles which ar
