Finding
It is best if we get on with it, that we have the “nerve of failure,” that we learn from our failures and never doubt our optimism.
Paper
Out the Door and Down the Street—Enhancing Play, Community, and Work Environments as If Adulthood Mattered
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Full textAbstract
We have tried to sketch some contours of possibility for the new frontier of education and science suggested by the book title, providing some lessons that might help us to better map where we might go forth humbly yet boldly. We have traveled to many exotic venues where seldom has an environmental educator ventured. Unlike Lewis and Clark, however, we think that the learning will not be found only in the wisdom that is brought in by outside experts, but rather will be mutual discoveries best found within the rich cultural and biophysical environments occupied by these communities. We scientists and educators have much to learn from these overlooked frontiers and their resident experts—seniors, children, and youth. It is best if we get on with it, that we have the “nerve of failure,” that we learn from our failures and never doubt our optimism. Most of all we must trust the people—adults and children, rich as well as poor—to have the ability to apply the methods of scientific learning to their own problems, even if such learning may lead them to challenge the established order of government and science.
Authors
W. Burch, Jacqueline M. Carrera
Journal
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