Abstract
This paper explores an ethnographic study using participative enquiry as a method. The purpose of the case study was to consider the role of narrative as a pedagogic devise in outdoor adventure courses. Recent discussions of the use of metaphor, semiotic devises and symbolic devises in outdoor adventure education are reviewed. The case study that set out to explore the role of the hero’s journey meta-narrative as a symbolic pedagogic device is then summarised. The discussion considers the benefits and ethical matters that arose from reflection on the approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Whose journeys? The outdoors and adventure as social and cultural phenomena: critical explorations of relations between individuals, 'others' and the environment |
| Editors | Kaye Richards, Barbara Humberstone, Heather Brown |
| Place of Publication | Penrith, UK |
| Publisher | Institute for Outdoor Learning |
| Pages | 297-310 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781898555070 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2003 |
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