Sourcebook of Experiential Education

Key Thinkers and Their Contributions
Herausgeber: Smith, Thomas E; Knapp, Clifford E

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780415884426
• ISBN-10: 041588442X
• Artikelnr.: 30881978

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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
16. Rachel Carson: Inspiring a Sense of Wonder, Karen Warren & Lorene
Wapotich
17. Sigurd Olson and Paul Shepard: Experiential Education and Ancient
Rhythms, Bob Henderson
Part III. Psychologists & Sociologists
18. Emile Durkheim: Socialization and Education, Thomas E. Smith
19. Lev Vygotsky: Experiential Education - A View from the Future, Jayson
Seaman & Mathew Gingo
20. Fritz Perls: Gestalt Therapy and Experiential Education, Thomas
Lindblade
21. Kurt Lewin: Another Kurt for Experiential Educators to Know, Thomas E.
Smith & Chris Leeming
22. Earl Kelley: Education for What is Real, Edward O. Raiola
23. Carl Rogers: A Way of Being an Experiential Educator, Thomas E. Smith
Part IV. School and Program Founders: Theory to Practice, Practice to
Theory
24. Maria Montessori: Founding Mother of Experiential Education? Michael J.
Swiderski
25. Cecil Reddie: Pioneering Headmaster, Robbie Nicol & Peter Higgins
26. Fridtjof Nansen: Adventure and Friluftsliv, Gunnar Repp
27. Juliette Gordon Low: Scouting and Experiential Education, Thomas E.
Smith
28. Paul Petzoldt: Man of the Mountains, Tim O'Connell
29. Silvia Ashton-Warner: Teacher and Reflective Practitioner, Maureen
Zarrella
30. Campbell Loughmiller: The Father of Therapeutic Camping, James
Doncaster
31. Sidney B. Simon: Values Clarification Pioneer, Clifford E. Knapp
32. Eliot Wigginton: Foxfire - No Inert Ideas Allowed Here, Cynthia
McDermott & Hilton Smith
33. Tricia Yu: The Tae of Experience, Gloree Rohnke
Appendix I. Deserving a Closer Look: Other Thinkers and Suggested Readings
Appendix II. Editors' Dialogue
Appendix III. Words of Wisdom: Selected Quotations about Experiential
Education
About the Editors and the Contributing Authors
Index