Staff profile

Ms Genny Blades

Lecturer

Faculty of Education

Outdoor and Environmental Education

Ironbark Centre : 2.07, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

B.H.M.S (Ed) Hons UQ; M.A (Social Ecology) UWS

Membership of professional associations

Viictorian Outdoor Education Association

Area of study

Environmental education
Outdoor education

Brief profile

Genny Blades lectures in outdoor and environmental education and coordinates the Graduate Diploma in outdoor and environmental education.  She brings extensive professional experience having taught outdoor education in schools and outdoor education centres. Genny has been committed to the professional presence of outdoor education as an active member of professional associations as well as developing and advocating for outdoor education curriculum in schools.  Her recent interests include situating environmental philosophy, in particular environmental ethics in outdoor and environmental education.  This informs her current teaching in areas of sustainability, worldviews and teaching practice in outdoor environments. 

Teaching units

OED1WE Worldviews and the Environment (Coordinator)

OED3ES Education for Sustainability

OED3FED Field Experience D: supervision of 3rd yrs teaching component with schools

OED3TPD Teaching and Program development: supervion of 3rd yrs teaching with schools

OED4OEC Outdoor Education Concepts (Coordinator)

Recent publications

Blades, G. (2005) "If you don't mind going places without a map, follow me:" Re-stor(y)ing of self, place and educator. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. Vol. 9 (2), pp. 3 - 13.

Note: This paper was presented in a workshop at the 14 th National Outdoor Education Conference, The Challenges We Face , Gold Coast, Qld., July 3 - 6.

Blades, G. (2004) Charting the margins of Experience through the lens of a 'vulnerable observer'. Paper presented at the International Outdoor Education Research Conference, Connections and Disconnections, La Trobe University, Bendigo July 6 - 9.

Research projects

Current PhD research involves exploring embodied and deep ecological experiences as pedagogy.

Research on walking is part of this project and currently includes development of  a paper for publication on walking the Lurujarri trail, an indigenous songline trail.