- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Advancing Urbanization -
2 Sustainable Cities -
3 Four Asian Tigers -
4 Cities as Opportunities -
5 Critical Environmental Education -
6 Environmental Justice -
7 Sense of Place -
8 Climate Change Education -
9 Community Assets -
10 Trust and Collaborative Governance -
11 Environmental Governance -
12 Nonformal Educational Settings -
13 Community Environmental Education -
14 School Partnerships -
15 Sustainable Campuses -
16 Early Childhood -
17 Positive Youth Development -
18 Adult Education -
19 Intergenerational Education -
20 Inclusive Education -
21 Educator Professional Development -
22 Cities as Classrooms -
23 Environmental Arts -
24 Adventure Education -
25 Urban Agriculture -
26 Ecological Restoration -
27 Green Infrastructure -
28 Urban Digital Storytelling -
29 Participatory Urban Planning -
30 Educational Trends - Afterword
- Contributors
- Index
Adventure Education
Adventure Education
- Chapter:
- (p.232) 24 Adventure Education
- Source:
- Urban Environmental Education Review
- Author(s):
Denise Mitten
Lewis Ting On Cheung
Wanglin Yan
Robert Withrow-Clark
, Alex Russ, Marianne E. Krasny- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter examines the benefits of adventure education and of pairing adventure and environmental education in urban environments. By participating in outdoor activities, people learn about their surroundings and places they might not otherwise visit. These group experiences enhance social ties and may promote pro-environmental behaviors, which contribute to ecosystem health and human well-being as well as urban sustainability. Benefits of adventure education include positive relationships with self, other people, places, and the natural world. After explaining what adventure education is, the chapter considers adventure education in urban areas such as metropolitan Hong Kong, Minneapolis (Minnesota), and Japan. It shows that adventure education can be used by educators as a catalyst for urban environmental education.
Keywords: adventure education, urban environments, outdoor activities, urban sustainability, Hong Kong, Minneapolis, Japan, urban environmental education
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- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Advancing Urbanization -
2 Sustainable Cities -
3 Four Asian Tigers -
4 Cities as Opportunities -
5 Critical Environmental Education -
6 Environmental Justice -
7 Sense of Place -
8 Climate Change Education -
9 Community Assets -
10 Trust and Collaborative Governance -
11 Environmental Governance -
12 Nonformal Educational Settings -
13 Community Environmental Education -
14 School Partnerships -
15 Sustainable Campuses -
16 Early Childhood -
17 Positive Youth Development -
18 Adult Education -
19 Intergenerational Education -
20 Inclusive Education -
21 Educator Professional Development -
22 Cities as Classrooms -
23 Environmental Arts -
24 Adventure Education -
25 Urban Agriculture -
26 Ecological Restoration -
27 Green Infrastructure -
28 Urban Digital Storytelling -
29 Participatory Urban Planning -
30 Educational Trends - Afterword
- Contributors
- Index