Overview
- Examines fatality prevention in outdoor education comprehensively
- Demonstrates that many fatal incidents have occurred in a relatively small set of knowable circumstances
- Written and structured to allow program reviews and staff training and development
Part of the book series: International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education (IEOEE)
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About this book
This book approaches the prevention of fatal incidents in outdoor education and related fields through detailed study of past tragedies. Although safety in many fields is built on accumulated lessons from past incidents, tragedies on school or youth group camps and excursions are so infrequent and so widely scattered that knowledge from previous incidents can elude those who would benefit. Nevertheless, the emergence of unlearned lessons from the past weighs heavily when those affected by a tragedy judge whether an incident should have been prevented. This book provides a foundation for a detailed and comprehensive understanding of fatality prevention in outdoor education, and in youth camps and excursions. It compiles, examines, and analyses information on fatal incidents that have occurred over many decades, involving many kinds of groups and endeavours, from around the globe. No previous work has attempted this task.
Reviews
“I am familiar with Brookes’ previous work on fatality prevention, this book has been influential partly as refresher, and partly due to the new insights which situate fatality prevention within wider safety discourses. … There is no one who has worked to this end so comprehensively and with such dedication. Brookes has inspired others, including myself, to make changes to our practice. This book continues the trajectory of this project and its impact may well provide a small solace to those grieving.” (Chris North, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, December, 2018)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Preventing Fatal Incidents in School and Youth Group Camps and Excursions
Book Subtitle: Understanding the Unthinkable
Authors: Andrew Brookes
Series Title: International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89882-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89880-3Published: 18 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07886-7Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89882-7Published: 07 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2214-4218
Series E-ISSN: 2214-4226
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 241
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education, Teaching and Teacher Education