Hampshire College

Social Justice in Outdoor Education
(OPRA-0205)

This course will address issues of diversity and social justice in the outdoors. Current theories of social justice education, racial identity development, gender studies, and adaptive recreation will be applied to contemporary outdoor programming. Using experiential activities, readings, field visits, individual projects,and discussion, students will explore the importance of race, gender, ability, and class awareness in outdoor and environmental education work.
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Experiential Education: From Theory to Practice
(OPRA-0208)

This course will offer an overview of the theoretical tenets of experiential education and how they can be applied in a variety of settings, including the outdoors, and alternative and traditional classrooms. Topics to be addressed include current issues in experiential education, oppression and empowerment in education, teaching experientially, creative expression, and the historical and philosophical basis of experiential education. The course format will include readings, discussion, guest speakers, field experiences, and individual research and presentations on experiential education. An emphasis of the course will be for students to develop and work with curricula based on experiential learning by creating student facilitated workshops and gaining exposure to experiential education methodology currently employed in the local area. The course is designed for Division II and III level students.
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