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The origins of outdoor education in New Zealand: Progressive liberalism and post-war rejuvenation, 1935-1965
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Abstract
In 1999, outdoor education was included in New Zealand's formal school curriculum, as part of health and physical education. Its journey of development began with the political changes of the 1930s. This paper describes how Labour politics, post-WW2 social changes and curriculum reforms, and both Conservative and Progressive Liberal education ideologies created and sustained a climate in which outdoor education could emerge and develop.
Introduction
In 1956, Port Waikato Camp School began an annual programme of school camping for primary, intermediate and district high school pupils. ...
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