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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning
Tonia Gray (Ed.)
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Description for The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning
Hardback. Editor(s): Gray, Tonia; Mitten, Denise. Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JN; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This Handbook serves as a starting point for critical analysis and discourse about the status of women in outdoor learning environments (OLEs). Women choose to participate actively in outdoors careers, many believing the profession is a level playing field and that it offers alternatives to traditional sporting activities. They enter outdoor learning primarily on the strength of their enthusiasm for leading and teaching in natural environments and assume the field is inclusive, rewarding excellence regardless of age, gender, socioeconomic status, disability, or ethnicity. However, both research and collective experiences in OLEs suggest that many women feel invisible, relegated, marginalized, and ... Read more
This Handbook serves as a starting point for critical analysis and discourse about the status of women in outdoor learning environments (OLEs). Women choose to participate actively in outdoors careers, many believing the profession is a level playing field and that it offers alternatives to traditional sporting activities. They enter outdoor learning primarily on the strength of their enthusiasm for leading and teaching in natural environments and assume the field is inclusive, rewarding excellence regardless of age, gender, socioeconomic status, disability, or ethnicity. However, both research and collective experiences in OLEs suggest that many women feel invisible, relegated, marginalized, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
Condition
New
Number of Pages
924
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319535494
SKU
V9783319535494
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About Tonia Gray (Ed.)
Tonia Gray is Senior Researcher at Western Sydney University's Centre for Educational Research, Australia. She has been involved in outdoor education for over 30 years as a researcher, practitioner and curriculum developer, and in 2014 received the prestigious Australian Award for Excellence in University Teaching. Denise Mitten is Graduate Chair of Adventure Education at Prescott College, USA, and is ... Read more
Reviews for The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning
This text will be a valuable resource that will no doubt be eye-opening for many outdoor and environmental education practitioners and researchers, especially those who have given little thought to women's experiences in the outdoors or those who may not (yet) see the point of attending to gender in our field. It certainly has the potential to serve as a ... Read more