Early Beginnings in Outdoor Education

Authors

Julie A. Carlson

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pp. 3-6

Abstract

The year 2000, then, marks the 70th anniversary of outdoor education, and represents an appropriate time to revisit some of its early beginnings in the United States. Outdoor education today has mixed and melded with other outdoor and experientially related approaches to learning. It is believed that knowledge of the historical roots of outdoor education, and identification of the paths it has taken to arrive where it is today, can help educators in broadening their understanding of relationships between various approaches to pedagogy.

Recommended Citation

Julie A. Carlson (2000) "Early Beginnings in Outdoor Education," Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 12: Iss. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/taproot/vol12/iss2/3