The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning

The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 928
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ISBN-10 : 9783319535500
ISBN-13 : 3319535501
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Book Synopsis The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning by : Tonia Gray

Download or read book The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning written by Tonia Gray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 undervalued. In response to this marginalization, this Handbook celebrates the richness of knowledge and practices of women practitioners in OLEs. Women scholars and practitioners from numerous fields, such as experiential outdoor education, adventure education, adventure therapy, and gender studies, explore the implications of their research and practice using poignant examples within their own disciplines. These insights emerge from similar life experiences as women and outdoor leaders in the 1970s to the present. Social inequalities still abound in OLEs, and the Handbook ensures that the contributions of women are highlighted as well as the work that needs to be done to make these spaces inclusive. Global in perspective and capacious in content, this one-stop volume is an indispensable reference resource for a diverse range of academics, including students and researchers in the fields of education, psychology, sociology, gender studies, geography, and environment studies, as well as the many outdoors fields.


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