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  • Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure

    Whose Body Belongs?

    Edited by Dr Mandi Baker, Neil Carr ...
    Drawing on a variety of perspectives, personal narratives, geographies and approaches, this book challenges dominant discourses of outdoor leisure, associated theoretical approaches and modes of representation regarding the access, inclusion and social justice of minoritised participants. We consider concepts like privilege, power, and empowerment to present a range of outdoor leisure experiences ... Read more

    $100.99 USD

  • Leisure Activities in the Outdoors

    Learning, Developing and Challenging

    The benefits of being outdoors in a leisure context are widely acknowledged across a range of disciplinary perspectives (including tourism, therapeutics, education and recreation). These benefits include the development of: health and wellbeing; social skills; leadership and facilitation skills; personal, emotional and reflective abilities; confidence and identity creation. Drawing on a variety of ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

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  • Psychology for a Better World

    Working with People to Save the Planet. Revised and Updated Edition.

    by Niki Harré ...
    Can you save the planet and have some fun along the way? Aimed at the teacher who updates students on the latest climate change negotiations, the conservationist who works to protect endangered species, the office manager who buys fair-trade coffee, or the city counselor who lobbies for cycle lanes, this book is a guide for everyone who is trying to create a more sustainable planet. Based on the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Adventurous Learning

    A Pedagogy for a Changing World

    Adventurous Learning interrogates the word ‘adventure’ and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Becoming an Environmental Psychologist

    Autobiographical Career Paths Toward Applied Social Science.

    Edited by Lindsay J. McCunn ...
    This book explores the interdisciplinary pathways that leading environmental psychologists have taken to become educators, researchers, consultants, and professionals in this highly applied and growing field. Environmental psychology examines the transactions between people and the built and natural settings in which they inhabit. Despite this broad scope, few direct avenues to careers in ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The End Game

    How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years

    Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological AssociationSenior citizens from all walks of life face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do the disadvantages some people accumulate over the course of their lives make their final years especially difficult? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Anti-Racist Teaching Practices and Learning Strategies Workbook

    Building anti-racist, anti-oppressive and decolonized teaching and learning practices through transforming knowledge, lesson preparation, classroom management, teaching strategies and assessment.

    Use this practical workbook to analyze and challenge inequity in your context. This workbook will strengthen capacity in building anti-racist, anti-oppressive and decolonized teaching and learning practices through:transforming knowledgelesson preparationclassroom managementteaching strategiesassessment.Half of all proceeds for your purchase of the book will be donated to organizations advancing ... Read more

    $28.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Psychology of Travel

    Series series The Psychology of Everything
    Why do we travel? Are holidays good for our health? What are the social and psychological factors that drive us to move?The Psychology of Travel provides an eclectic introduction to the range of travel experiences from commuting, to going on holiday, to studying abroad. Travel is a near-universal experience and manifests itself in various forms, from everyday experiences to exotic adventure, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Risky Play

    An Ethical Challenge

    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book brings together current childhood research and contemporary ethical theory to draw attention to how children depend upon a scope of action for risky play for their mental and physical development. In many countries, the opportunities for children to play away from adults' close attention have decreased. At both school and home, protection and avoidance of harm take increasing ... Read more

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  • Framing

    The social art of influence

    A smart, incisive toolkit for understanding how the framing of information influences the way we see the world.In today’s chaotic media landscape, working out who and what to believe is a daunting task. Lies and misinformation are only part of the problem – often the way a story is presented has just as much effect on us as what the story is.In Framing, sociologist Mikael Klintman ... ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Mobile Learning Communities

    Creating New Educational Futures

    Mobile Learning Communities explores the diverse ways in which traveling groups experience learning ‘on the run’. This book provides empirical evidence that draws on the authors’ 17 years of continuing research with international occupational Travelers. It engages with themes such as workplace learning, globalization, multiliteracies, and emerging technologies which impinge on the ways mobile ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Using Theory in Youth and Community Work Practice

    Series series Empowering Youth and Community Work PracticeýLM Series
    This book explores a wide range of theoretical perspectives that guide the practice of community and youth work and related occupational fields. It provides a range of practical activities to encourage readers to explore their own theoretical position, while critically engaging with the contemporary theoretical context that is shaping the development of community and youth work practice. Students ... Read more

    $65.69 USD