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Outdoor education in historical perspective

Mark Freeman (Department of Education, Practice and Society, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK)
Jayson Seaman (Department of Recreation Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA)

History of Education Review

ISSN: 0819-8691

Article publication date: 27 May 2020

Issue publication date: 30 June 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

The introduction sets out the scope of the special issue and suggests areas for further research.

Design/methodology/approach

This introductory article sets out the rationale and contents of the special issue of History of Education Review on “Outdoor Education in Historical Perspective”. It briefly summarizes the existing state of research and introduces the six articles that comprise the issue.

Findings

The introduction identifies four particular themes that arise from the existing literature and from the diverse contributions to this special issue: transculturality; space and place; religion and spirituality; and personality/personalities.

Originality/value

This special issue contains six original contributions to the study of the history of outdoor education, focussing on different locations in Europe and North America.

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Citation

Freeman, M. and Seaman, J. (2020), "Outdoor education in historical perspective", History of Education Review, Vol. 49 No. 1, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/HER-04-2020-0022

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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