A journey towards the affective domain in Outdoor Education: Insights from a Higher Degree Research student.
Details:
1:45 – 3:00 pm
6th of December
Room: 4N 154 & 156
Dan Anderson
Journeying in academia towards becoming an early career researcher can be long and winding with highs and lows. This presentation will focus on exploring this journey through an auto-ethnographic approach and share insights into current research that explores the lived experience of Year 10 Outdoor Education students and the affective domain. As I wrap up my second year of a Master of Research program at the University of South Australia I will share some of my learnings with the aim that my story can assist those thinking about future study and/ or supervising candidates. With this early career lens, discussions will also include where the literature positions affect within Outdoor Education experiences, the direction of ongoing research and how framing our practice from a Deleuze and Guattarian (Deleuze & Guattari, 1980) framework of affect can highlight significant outcomes. Specific examples and initial data will provoke some introspection about where affect sits in future Outdoor Education programs. Arguably, anyone working in Outdoor Education interacts with the affective domain daily and can seek to come away from this presentation with some additional tools for facilitation.
References
Deleuze, G., & Guattari, F. (1980). A Thousand Plateaus (B, Massumi, Trans.). University of Minnesota Press.
About the Presenter
Dan is a tutor in the Education Futures Unit at the University of South Australia. He teaches into a range of Education subjects both practical and theoretical ranging from Outdoor Education to Health Sciences. He is also studying a Master of Research at the University of South Australia exploring how the affective domain acts and is experienced within outdoor education contexts.
