Telling my story: Being female in outdoor education in higher education

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Abstract / Description of output

This life-narrative reflects upon one female’s career in outdoor education in higher education, the contention being that distributive equality is no longer enough—progress lies in tackling the gendered world that reproduces the problem. Noffke’s (Review of Research in Education, 22, 305–343, 1997) work, particularly her use of professional, personal, and political dimensions, frames the narrative and emphasizes the sociopolitical construction of identity. A challenge is offered to all in the field to share their own critically reflexive stories as a way of interrogating professional practice and the circumstances of that practice, in order that outdoor education as a field can transgress its current gendered nature, rather than simply perpetuate the existing hegemonic discourse.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning
EditorsTonia Gray, Denise Mitten
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter16
Pages259-272
Number of pages14
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9783319535500
ISBN (Print)9783319535494
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in Gender and Education
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • life narrative
  • identity
  • storytelling
  • higher education
  • outdoor education

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