ChildhoodNature Public Scholarship: Disrupting Theory, Methodology, Relationships, and Pedagogies

• In Event: Roundtable Session 8

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

In recent times with the advent of the ‘children in nature’ movement, the new nature movement and increased practice of nature and outdoor education there has been resurgence in public visibility of the field which we refer to as ChildhoodNature. This resurgence has primarily been orchestrated on a small collection of well-known books (Louv, 2005, 2011). These books, although focused on the ways and means of educating children in nature, have tended not to problematise the implications for this field or be instrumental in supporting new theoretical perspectives and associated research methodologies. This symposium will provide an avenue for considering and disrupting the terrain that lies ahead to continue to build the influence and impact of ChildhoodNature for public scholarship.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Environmental Education

Chair

• Robert Barratt, University of Gloucestershire

Papers

• ChildhoodNature Theoretical Disruptions - Karen Malone, University of Western Sydney; Amy N. Cutter-Mackenzie, Southern Cross University; Elisabeth Barratt Hacking, University of Bath; Robert Barratt, University of Gloucestershire; David Rousell, Southern Cross University

• Disruptive ChildhoodNature Research Methodologies in Changing Climates and Curriculums - Amy N. Cutter-Mackenzie, Southern Cross University; David Rousell, Southern Cross University

• ChildhoodNature Place and Pedagogies in Disruption - Helen Widdop Quinton, Victoria University; Laura Piersol, Simon Fraser University; Neus Evans, James Cook University - Australia