Adventurous Learning interrogates the word 'adventure'and explores how elements of
authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational …

This international compilation brings together current leading scholars in outdoor studies
from a variety of disciplines to bring to readers principal ideas and leading-edge …

Travelers often idealize and develop individual expectations for their adventure experiences
through a romanticized “adventure mythology”. The research has focused primarily on the …

Most of us in the developed world live in urban areas. Mountains, lakes, oceans, jungles,
desert islands, and other wild places represent escape locations that offer excitement …

This article discusses the meanings of adventure and its role in learning. An analysis of
literature from the fields of education, recreation and tourism suggests that definitions of …

Fifteen years ago Loynes expressed concern that market-place values were detrimentally
impacting on the provision of outdoor education experiences. As tertiary educators with an …

This article aims to understand the extent to which reflexive modernization dynamics have
had an impact on tourism, sports, and recreational activities in nature. To this end, this …

Outdoor adventure education utilizes expeditions and experiential education to provide
students with opportunities for personal growth. However, by selling the possibility of …

Newness was a key theme identified in a comprehensive national study of education outside
the classroom (EOTC) in Aotearoa New Zealand. This paper examines what newness …

An international two-year Erasmus Mundus MA, Transcultural European Outdoor Studies
(TEOS), uses the journey as a central metaphorical concept, the “peregrinatio academica” …