[ Qualifications ]
[ Principal Interests ] [ Research
Supervision ]
[ Biographical Note ] [ Publications ] [ Further
Information ]
Qualifications
- PhD: Values, Narrative and Authenticity:
A Study of Youth Expeditions, in the 1990s
- BA in Outdoor Education in the
Community
Principal
Interests
- Mainstreaming outdoor education
- Curriculum theory
- Youth expeditions overseas
- Values Education
- Philosophy of outdoor and
experiential education
- The role of outdoor education
in society
- Professionalism in outdoor
education, linking theory and practice
- Ethical dilemmas in outdoor
and experiential education
Research
Supervision
Pete currently
supervises the following PhD students:
- Mark William Baker: The current
status and extent of outdoor provision in the UK
- Aggeliki Plouma: Could experiential
training be really effective? Under what contingencies,
conditions, circumstances?
- Iain Stewart-Patterson: Human Factors
in the Decision Process of Expert Decision Makers
- an analysis of decision-making in Adventure Education
- Victor Paul Stonehouse: Outdoor
Education as a Moral Equivalent of War
- Ralf Westphal: The outcomes of
personal development by the use of Outdoor Training
Biographical
Note
Pete has worked for a number
of organisations including Outward Bound (Malaysia) and Bradford Woods
(Indiana University). Closer to home he has worked for regional councils
and commercial providers.
In addition to work at outdoor
centres, Pete is involved in expeditions. He has worked extensively with
the British Schools Exploring Society and
screened expedition proposals as a part of the expeditions committee. He
has led expeditions to Greenland, Central Asia, the Himalayas and Africa.
He is also chair of the Scottish Panel of the Young
Explorers Trust (YET).
Research interests are in philosophy,
hermeneutics and epistemology of outdoor education. Pete's PhD explored
the contribution of youth expeditions to the values, narrative and authenticity
of participants. Prior
to teaching at Edinburgh Pete lectured at the University of Strathclyde.
Pete is responsible for MSc and PhD study in outdoor education
and experiential learning.
He
is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society and founder of the Journal
of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. Pete served on the Board of
Directors for the Association for Experiential
Education and is currently
on the Journal Advisory Committee for the Journal of Experiential Education.
Pete is also reviewer for the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education and
Leisure Studies. Interests include mountaineering, cycling, skiing and
wilderness expeditions.
Publications
 Publications
are listed on
the Outdoor Education website
Further
Information
Further
information on the Outdoor Education website
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