Taniec w pedagogice przygody. Rekonesans w literaturze
Dance in adventure education. Literature review

Summary/Abstract: Outdoor and adventure education is an increasingly popular trend in education in Poland – nowadaysit is manifested mainly in practical forms and only in non-formal education. In Western Europeand the USA, with developed research methodology and a long tradition, this trend can be calledscience. Outdoor and adventure education is a heterogeneous sphere, but it has several elementsthat are at the heart of the adventure education method. One of its main assumptions is workingwith a specific “adventure medium” through which the intended goals are achieved. The mostpopular are outdoor sports and tourism, but more and more often new means are used, for examplethose derived from the arts. It is manifested mostly in practical activities (which is natural, as thisfield developed out of practice, and its theoretical and research background was created later).The use of arts is two-dimensional. The first dimension is based on visual arts (handicraft, painting),most often linked to outdoor education, and their main goal is to build relationships with nature. Thesecond, less popular dimension, focuses on the use of body expression (theatre, dance, movement).In Poland, this trend is not yet known, whereas in Western countries there have appeared somearticles showing the value of using arts in this area of education. The purpose of this article is toshow how arts, and body expression in particular, may be used in outdoor and adventure educationactivities.

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