The importance of place for learning about peace

Residential summer camps as transformative thinking spaces

Bibliographic Data

ID12876184
AuthorsTove I Dahl (0000-0002-8036-8627, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume6
Issue2
Pages225-245
Publication date2009-07-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Peace Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1740-0201 • E-ISSN: 1740-021X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17400200802655072
OpenAlexW2035797706
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

Do camps provide a particular kind of thinking space where learning that lasts is facilitated? The argument is built around the concept of transformative learning that involves understanding who we are or wish to be and how we grow accordingly. The nature of such learning is explored through its conceptual relationship with changes in attitudes and values, and through the particular kinds of learning opportunities that camps offer as youth‐centred thinking spaces found in the ‘grey zones’ of mainstream institutions that may facilitate such changes. The discussion is extended with a brief presentation of ongoing research designed to explore the nature of peace‐related learning that may be occurring at the Concordia Language Villages – a programme focused on facilitating responsible global citizenship through language and cultural immersion

Argument (complex analysis · Citizenship · Environmental education · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Mainstream · Pedagogy · Place-Based Education · Political science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Peace and Human Rights Education · Psychology

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