Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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pp. 16-22
Abstract
Lloyd Burgess Sharp first coined the term outdoor education in the 1943 issue of Extending Education (Knapp, 2002), a publication of the honor society, Kappa Delta Pi.
That year, however, did not mark the beginning of the field as it is known today. His work in sparking and shaping the outdoor education movement began years earlier as a graduate student at Columbia University in New York. During his master’s and doctorate programs in physical education, he studied under William Heard Kilpatrick, John Dewey, and other renowned professors at the time who were experimenting with combining leadership, camping, and educational philosophies (Hammerman, Hammerman, & Hammerman, 1994). When his professors were approached in 1925 by New York state welfare agencies searching for someone to reorganize the Fresh Air Farms operated by Life Magazine, L.B. Sharp was the person they recommended (Rillo, 2002).
Recommended Citation
Julie A. Carlson
(2009)
"Lloyd Burgess Sharp,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 19:
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2, Article 5.
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https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/taproot/vol19/iss2/5