The Outdoor Learning Professional

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-07621-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

The Outdoor Learning Professional is designed as a thought-provoking text that explores relevant discussions about what might denote a professional in the outdoor sector. These discussions are not new, yet they are often happening in isolation in different areas of the outdoor learning arena, this book brings these together in a text that allows the reader to explore current thinking from these different areas.

Divided into four sections, this book discusses the various different ways in which outdoor learning and the outdoor sector can be viewed and therefore provides a broader understanding of what it means to become and remain a professional within these different perspectives.

The Outdoor Learning Professional is key reading for students, researchers and practitioners alike in the areas of Outdoor Education, Outdoor Adventure Leadership, Adventure Sports Coaching, Outdoor Learning and Programming or Outdoor education and is designed to support anyone involved in the outdoor learning sector to explore their thinking about what an outdoor professional is.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, Further/Vocational Education, General, Postgraduate, Professional Training, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hensby, Katy

Hopper, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Sport (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Trainingswissenschaft, Sportunterricht
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Section 1: Policy and Regulation Perspectives

1. Policy, Lobbying and Professional Bodies: The Outdoor Learning Professional in the Public Arena

2. The Regulation of Sports Coaches

3. The Importance and Role of National Governing Bodies and Regulated Awarding Organisations in the UK Outdoor Sector

Section 2: Social Perspectives

4. Professional Identity, Society and Outdoor Learning

5. Communities of Practice as a Social Theory to explore the Outdoor Leaning Professional

Section 3: Education Perspectives

6. The Role of Academia and Higher Education

7. The Outdoor Learning Professional and Initial Teacher Education

Section 4: Practice Perspectives

8. Outdoor Learning Youth Work: a Professional Practice for Young People’s Socio-emotional Development

9. The Outdoor Learning Professional in Curriculum based Outdoor Learning and Field Studies

10. Exploring Competency

11. Expedition Leadership and Overseas Projects

Conclusion

Katy Hensby and Roger Hopper

Über Autor(innen)

Katy Hensby, PhD has worked in education for over 15 years and is currently a Senior Head of Faculty for Professional and Community Education. Katy has successfully achieved her Principal Fellowship with AdvanceHE recognising her as a highly experienced individual whose practice involves a sustained record of effectiveness in strategic leadership of high-quality learning.

Roger Hopper, PhD is an educational developer at the University of Plymouth, UK. He has worked in outdoor learning for over 25 years as an instructor, trainer, center manager, teacher and lecturer. He is the developer of the National Outdoor Learning Award and was a member of both employer trailblazer groups that developed the Level 3 Outdoor Instructor and Level 5 Outdoor Learning specialist apprenticeship standard.