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Article: The benefits of outdoors.(The RHP Companion to Outdoor Education)(Book review)
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- Adoption & Fostering
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- March 22, 2007
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The RHP Companion to Outdoor Education Peter Barnes and Bob Sharp (eds) Russell House Publishing 2004 189 pages 19.95 [pounds sterling]
This book, which is written for students, practitioners and academics, aims to provide readers with 'outlines of current topics and issues that are central to outdoor education in the UK'. It is an ambitious aim, especially given the numerous challenges facing the writers. First, and importantly, there is a need to negotiate an appropriate and acceptable definition of outdoor education. The term 'acceptable' is of particular significance here. As the editors note, this is an evolving field of study which draws together people ...