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Rediscovering the Potential of Outdoor Learning for Develo** 21st Century Competencies
In this century characterised by rapid change and unprecedented challenges, most education systems have acknowledged the importance of develo** interpersonal and intrapersonal skills alongside technical know...
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Gone Rogue: Re-wilding Education in Alternative Outdoor Learning Environments
Humans have relied on an intimate relationship with nature for their personal growth, holistic development and ongoing survival. As practitioner-researchers and teacher-educators, the authors have developed a ...
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Globalizing Higher Education Policy Practice: Internationalizing Education Through Learning Transformations in Knowledge Construction
This chapter raises provocative ideas, moving briskly through them inviting engagement in further research and teaching in local/global education policy practice. A new generation of local/global education is ...
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Incorporating Participatory Action Research and Social Media as a Research Tool Whilst Gen-Y Studies Abroad
Gen-Y students undertaking study abroad are electronically literate “digital natives.” However, their modes of social communication may be inadequate to support indelible learning. Many international exchange ...
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The Epitome of Transformation: Enhancing Outbound Mobility Experiences in the Twenty-First Century
As Australia ventures deeper into the Asian Century, the need for outward-looking, global-minded graduates has never been greater. The outbound mobility experience (OME is recognized as one of the most effecti...
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Generating and Deepening Reflection Whilst Studying Abroad: Incorporating Photo Elicitation in Transformative Travel
Most study abroad programmes conclude with debriefing activities emphasizing verbal and written reflection, with the visual image used merely as a supplementary aid. Photographs are used to promote programmes ...
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From One Songline to Another: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students’ Study Tour Journey of Indigenous Connection and Solidarity
This chapter examines the experiences of eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander preservice teachers on a study tour with a focus on Indigenous Studies to a Canadian university. Educational activities incl...
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Nourishing Terrains: Women’s Contributions to Outdoor Learning Environments
This introductory chapter outlines the initial impetus for the Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning, along with our quest to be proactive in pursuit of social change and equity. The autho...
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Thirty Years on, and Has the Gendered Landscape Changed in Outdoor Learning?
The author stumbled on the field of wilderness studies and outdoor education 35 years ago, purely by default and serendipity. Buoyed by a passion for outdoor pursuits coupled with a yearning for alternative te...
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Develo** Global Perspectives: Responding to the State of International Education in Australian Universities
The volume of university students travelling overseas has increased rapidly in recent decades. Student flows are asymmetrical: Students from wealthy nations disproportionately study in the Global North, and st...
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Building Relationships on and with Mother Mountain: Women Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Outdoor Learning
This chapter provides a practical example of how Indigenous Knowledge can be infused into outdoor learning practices made possible by develo** a mutually respectful relationship with a sacred site Gulaga (Mo...
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Pathways Forward to a More Inclusive Future Whilst Honouring the Past
In this book inspiring women from around the globe share their outdoor leadership journeys. This chapter seeks to provide support and encouragement for women in outdoor learning environments (OLEs) while at th...
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Re-Thinking Human-Plant Relations by Theorising Using Concepts of Biophilia and Animism in Workplaces
This chapter discusses unexpected qualitative early results of a longitudinal study assessing the impact of biophilic design on a site office with nine workers. A demountable construction site office was retro...
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Educational Aspirations, Ethnicity and Mobility in Western Sydney High Schools
Superdiversity provides a conceptual framework for thinking through contemporary sociolinguistic and cultural complexity in urban globally mobile communities. In this chapter, we put it to work in a project th...
