This course builds on the module Friluftsliv - Philosophy and Practice and provides students with a better understanding of friluftsliv and how it is related to outdoor education and recreation in the student's home country. The course provides the students with an opportunity to identify, explore, compare and reflect on a topic of special interest, by developing a research project. The project should address one or more of the following: cultural, historical, or pedagogical issues.

The course provides students with

• understanding of cross-cultural varieties and similarities in friluftsliv and outdoor education and recreation
• experience and understanding of research processes and scientific knowledge
• qualifications in academic writing and presentation
  

The students must submit an individual written research report (e.g. in the form of an article) of a maximum of 6000 words, exclusive table of content, reference list and attachments. All sources must be accurately cited and referenced using APA format 5th edition (cf. www.nih.no). The report is graded A-F.

All papers submitted via Fronter will be run through Ephorus for plagiarism control.

Chiaramonte, P. & Anthony, R. Y. (2006). Lessons in leadership from the last place on earth. The Workplace Review, 4, 1-25.

Humberstone, B. & Pedersen, K. (2001). Gender, class and outdoor traditions in the UK and in Norway. Sport, Education and Society, 6(1), 23-33.
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Loynes, C. (2006). Social reform, militarism and other historical influences on the practice  of outdoor education in youth work. In: P. Becker, K.-H. Braun & J. Schirp (Eds.), Abenteuer, Erlebnisse und die Pädagogik: Kulturkritische und  modernisierungstheoretische Blicke auf die Erlebnispädagogik. (pp. 115-133).  Marburg: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
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Lugg, A. (2004). Outdoor adventure in Australian outdoor education: It is a case of roast for Christmas dinner? Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 8(1), 4-11.

Potter, T. G. & Henderson, B. (2004). Canadian outdoor adventure education: Hear the  challenge - learn the lessons. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 4(1), 69- 87.
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Martin, A., Turcova, I. & Neuman, J. (2007). The Czech outdoor experience. In: Henderson, B. & Vikander, N. (Eds.), Nature first: Outdoor life the friluftsliv way. (pp. 197-208). Toronto: Natural Heritage Book.
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