The introduction sets out the scope of the special issue and suggests areas for further research.,This introductory article sets out the rationale and contents of the special issue of History of Education Review on “Outdoor Education in Historical Perspective”. It briefly summarizes the existing state of research and introduces the six articles that comprise the issue.,The introduction identifies four particular themes that arise from the existing literature and from the diverse contributions to this special issue: transculturality; space and place; religion and spirituality; and personality/personalities.,This special issue contains six original contributions to the study of the history of outdoor education, focussing on different locations in Europe and North America.

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历史角度的户外教育

引言确定了特刊的范围，并提出了需要进一步研究的领域。本文在介绍性的基础上，阐述了“历史视角下的户外教育”教育史评论特刊的理由和内容。它简要概述了现有的研究现状，并介绍了构成该问题的六篇文章。引言确定了来自现有文献以及对该特殊问题的各种贡献而产生的四个特殊主题：跨文化性；空间和地方；宗教和灵性；和特质/个性。，本期特刊包含六篇有关户外教育历史的原创著作，重点研究了欧洲和北美的不同地区。