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Personal profile
Biography
The first ten years of my career were spent getting people lost in the wilds of North America and Southeast Asia - all in the name of the participants' personal development (and mine too!). Since completing my PhD on Overseas youth expeditions, I have become more concerned with how people learn about "place" by undertaking journeys within their local communities. I am also interested in using social theory to examine outdoor learning practice .
Qualification:
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BPE (McMaster)
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MS (Minnesota State)
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PhD (Southampton)
Current Research Interests
- Learning through journeys outside the classroom (local and far away!)
- Using social theory to examine outdoor education practice
PhD supervision:
- Jerry Tracey: Globally marketed 'lifestyle' and 'extreme' pursuits and their social and cultural interaction with more traditional, nationally-based sports
- Clare Nugent: Nature’s kindergarten: A comparative ethnographic study
- Sho Shimoyada: Open Gardens in the UK
- Sharifah Abdullah: Environmental Education in Malaysia
Collaborative Activity
- Outdoor Journeys
- A Natural Curriculum
- The Disneyization of adventure
- Institutional rock climbing
Teaching
- Postgraduate: Social theory and outdoor education, PGDE (Sec) Outdoor Learning
- Undergraduate: BEd Primary Outdoor Learning
- Practical: Rock climbing, hillwalking, winter mountaineering, Norway ski tour
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Outdoor Learning Across the Curriculum: Theory and Guidelines for Practice
Beames, S., Higgins, P., Nicol, R. & Smith, H., 14 Sept 2023, 2nd ed. Routledge. 170 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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What future/s for outdoor and environmental education in a world that has contended with COVID-19?
Quay, J., Gray, T., Thomas, G., Allen-Craig, S., Asfeldt, M., Andkjaer, S., Beames, S., Cosgriff, M., Dyment, J., Higgins, P., Ho, S., Leather, M., Mitten, D., Morse, M., Neill, J., North, C., Passy, R., Pedersen-Gurholt, K., Polley, S. & Stewart, A. & 3 others, , 1 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing a Framework for ‘Experiential’ Learning in Higher Education, and Implications for Course Design and Delivery
Hildmann, J., Cross, A., Petrie, M., Beames, S., Samaras, R. & Scrutton, R., 18 Jun 2020. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Alumni perspectives on a boarding school outdoor education programme
Beames, S., Mackie, C. & Scrutton, R., 2 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. 20, 2, p. 123-137 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning Edited by T. Gray and D. Mitten. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. pp.911, Price = £160.50 (eBook) and £201.00 (Hardcover) ISBN eBook = 978-3-319-53550-0 ISBN Hardcover = 978-3-319-53549-4
Beames, S., 15 Jul 2019, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 26, 7, p. 1059-1061 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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The nature and impact of Gordonstoun School’s out-of-classroom learning experiences
Beames, S. (Principal Investigator), Mackie, C. (Researcher), Hume, J. (Researcher) & Scrutton, R. (Researcher)
Project: Consultancy
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Outdoor learning in Scottish school inspection reports: a benchmark study
Beames, S. (Principal Investigator)
15/10/17 → 14/10/18
Project: Research
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Principal's Teaching Award Scheme: Developing Academic Writing using Turnitin (£5000)
Beames, S. (Principal Investigator), Burge, A. (Co-investigator), Boyd, S. (Co-investigator), Paterson, J. (Co-investigator) & Chmielewski, R. (Co-investigator)
14/01/15 → 31/08/17
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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A NATURAL CURRICULUM: IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF OUTDOOR LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN SCHOOLS
Higgins, P. (Principal Investigator), Beames, S. (Co-investigator), Nicol, R. (Co-investigator) & Ross, H. (Co-investigator)
1/02/11 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
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The nature and impact of Gordonstoun School’s out-of-classroom learning experiences
Beames, S. (Creator), Mackie, C. (Researcher), Hume, J. (Researcher), Scrutton, R. (Researcher) & Richards, S. (Funder), Edinburgh DataVault, 1 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.7488/9421e3b6-082a-44a4-8638-23e8922d18f1
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