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Informationen zum Autor Thomas E. Smith , Founder/Director of the Raccoon Institute and Independent Psychologist/ Wilderness Guide, has taught psychology and education at colleges and universities and is a frequent presenter, consultant, and trainer at regional, national, and international conference workshops on experiential /adventure/ challenge/ outdoor education. Clifford E. Knapp , Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University, has taught at all levels of education, elementary through graduate school, and is a frequent presenter at state, national, and international conferences offering workshops in experiential education and place-based education. Klappentext Experiential education is a philosophy and methodology for building knowledge, developing skills, and clarifying values by engaging learners in direct experience and focused reflection. To understand experiential education, what should one be reading? This sourcebook introduces philosophers, educators, and other practitioners whose work is relevant to anyone seeking answers to this question. Following brief snapshots of John Dewey and Kurt Hahn, the book is organized in four sections: Philosophers and Educational TheoristsNature Educators and Outdoor EducatorsPsychologists and SociologistsSchool and Program Founders.Each chapter focuses on an individual whose philosophy and practice exemplify a biographical and historical model for reaching a deeper understanding of experiential education. An appendix includes short biographical sketches of forty-five additional people whose contributions to experiential education deserve a closer look. This volume provides a much-needed overview and foundations for the field - for students in courses addressing experiential education, challenge education, outdoor experiential education, recreation education, and related fields; for learning theorists and curriculum specialists; for experiential educators; and for educational philosophers. Zusammenfassung This sourcebook book provides a much-needed overview and foundations for the field of experiential education, through portraits of philosophers, educators, and other practitioners whose work is relevant to understanding its philosophy and methodology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements 1.Experiential Education and Learning by Experience, Thomas E. Smith, Clifford E. Knapp, Jayson Seaman, & Steve Pace Part I. Philosophers and Educational Theorists 2. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates: Ancient Greek Perspectives on Experiential Learning, Paul Stonehouse, Pete Allison, & David Carr 3. Rousseau and Pestalozzi: Emile, Gertrude, and Experiential Education Thomas E. Smith 4. Patrick Geddes: "Vivendo Discimus" - By Living We Learn, Peter Higgins & Robbie Nicol 5. Alfred North Whitehead: Educational Emergence, Jasper S. Hunt 6. Martin Buber: Dialogue, Relationship, the Other, and the More-than-Human World, Sean Blenkinsop 7. Paul Freire: Critical Praxis and Experiential Education, Mary Breunig 8. Maxine Greene: The Power of the Possible, Laurie S. Frank 9. Eleanor Duckworth: The Teacher's Teacher, Andrew Bobilya & Brad Daniel Part II. Nature Study, Outdoor, and Environmental Education 10. Louis Agassiz: Nature and Experiential Education, Clifford E. Knapp 11. Alexander von Humboldt: Experiential Expeditionary Scientist, Brad Daniel 12. Anna Botsford Comstock: Beyond Science - Learning about Self and Nature through Field Experience, Janice L. Woodhouse & Christopher D. Wells 13. Charles Eastman and Luther Standing Bear: Two Early Indian Writiers, Clifford E. Knapp 14. Aldo Leopold: Teaching in the Spirit of the Land Ethic, Steven Simpson 15. Lloyd B. Sharp: Trailblazer in Outdoor Education, Julie Carlson <...
