Is the current structure of outdoor education benefiting our youth and assisting cultural and social change towards sustainability?

Kim Polistina

The session will be both practical and academic and will draw on experiences in the group in relation to actual change I individuals, groups and cultural practices that have occurred throughout their outdoor programmes. Drawing from examples of local Welsh communities and their outdoor activities the discussion will critically reflect on current frameworks for outdoor education and learning to examine whether a cultural change is required for OE to be of benefit to sustainability.

University of Glamorgan,
Wales

Tel: 07766194563
Email: kjpolis@glam.ac.uk