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Conclusions and Future Directions: A Socio-ecological Renewal

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At the heart of this book has been the acknowledgment that there exist different ways of seeing and, consequently, different ways of knowing the world. The rich and diverse case studies that make up Part II of the book have seen respected authors from the varied disciplines of physical, sport and health education, outdoor and environmental education and early childhood education come together, utilising the multi-disciplinary framework of socio-ecological education. They have done so because of their belief that a socio-ecological theory and requisite methodological approaches offer the opportunity for renewal for researchers and practitioners in their fields. A significant part of this renewal involves reaching beyond disciplinary boundaries, or silos as we called them in the introduction chapter, to forge new connections. Overcoming these ‘invisible’ structures that can govern how we see, think and act is central to the work of the socio-ecological educator and is evident in many of the case studies. To that end we want to spend a little time here, in the conclusion, discussing this issue.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Monash University, McMahon’s Road, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia

    Brian Wattchow, Trent Brown, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O’Connor & Laura Alfrey

  2. School of Education, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

    Amy Cutter-Mackenzie

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Wattchow, B., Brown, T., Jeanes, R., O’Connor, J., Cutter-Mackenzie, A., Alfrey, L. (2014). Conclusions and Future Directions: A Socio-ecological Renewal. In: Wattchow, B., Jeanes, R., Alfrey, L., Brown, T., Cutter-Mackenzie, A., O'Connor, J. (eds) The Socioecological Educator. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7167-3_12

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