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Educational landscapes: Nature, place and moral geographies
Author(s) -
Hickman Dunne Jo,
Mills Sarah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the geographical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-4959
pISSN - 0016-7398
DOI - 10.1111/geoj.12305
Subject(s) - popularity , sociology , focus (optics) , moral education , social science , environmental ethics , pedagogy , psychology , social psychology , philosophy , physics , optics
In this editorial introduction, we outline recent debates on geographies of education, specifically on themes of nature, place, and outdoor landscapes. We argue for the need to extend these discussions due to the rising popularity and politicisation of educational encounters in outdoor landscapes, as well as their long‐standing relationship to a series of moral geographies. We introduce the main focus of the five papers in this themed collection, and show how together, they add to our understanding of the spatialities and experiences of both formal and informal educational sites, through both historical and contemporary perspectives. We reflect on some of the themes that tie these papers together, the UK ‐based focus of this collection, and its wider geographical contributions.