PhD Students
Paul Stonehouse
Email: s0561436@sms.ed.ac.uk
Academic Qualifications
- B.S. in Biology from Roberts Wesleyan College at Rochester, NY
- MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary at Wilmore, KY
- M.S. in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University at Mankato, Minnesota
Research Interests
My academic interests lie in moral education, and specifically character education. 'Character development' has had a long, but assumed, relationship with Outdoor Education, and specifically Adventure Education.
Recent scholarship is starting to question whether character is indeed formed through education that takes place out of doors. My thesis aims to study the possibility of Outdoor Education as a tool for character development, but it does so through a philosophical lens, using qualitative research.
Using the virtue-ethical paradigm espoused by Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics, the thesis seeks to contemplate this ancient approach to virtue as a template for a modern understanding of character development within Outdoor Education.
Using the above theoretical framework, this thesis examines the concept of character development through a case study of an expedition. Data collection is anticipated to be: interviews, observational fieldnotes, and documents.
Beames, S., & Stonehouse, P. (2007). Liberty and social order on expeditions. Horizons, 40, 22-24.
Stonehouse, P. (2007). Recording in the wild: A reflection on research technology needs on an expedition. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 11(1), 47-49.
