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9 apr 2021 · The Duke of Edinburgh’s education at Scottish independent school, Gordonstoun, notorious for its tough Outward Bounds curriculum and attempts to rid notions of privilege and self-entitlement...
Read more. Gordonstoun is also the birthplace of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards, the Outward Bound movement, and was one of the first boarding schools to admit girls alongside boys. The school then had some of the first female firefighters in the UK. Gordonstoun was founded in 1934 by German educationalist Dr Kurt Hahn.
Outward Bound is an innovative educational concept developed by Kurt Hahn, a celebrated and progressive German educator, which has now flourished for over eighty years. (IP/VC) The birth of today’s Outward Bound began humbly with the opening of Gordonstoun school in Scotland in the 1930’s with only two students.
The Outward Bound Movement, is another organisation that has its roots at Gordonstoun. Now the Outward Bound Trust, it is an educational charity that has used the outdoors to help develop over 1 million young people from all walks of life.
9 apr 2021 · Advertisement. Hide Ad. At Gordonstoun, where the Prince was to soon learn of the death of his sister, Princess Cecile of Denmark and Germany, and her family in a tragic plane crash, the young...
Gordonstoun also developed its academic offerings. It arranged to admit poorer children from the surrounding areas, and to deepen the Outward Bound-type activities that were central to Hahn's system. Skills in mountaineering and seamanship were always taught at the school.
Learn the history of Outward Bound to see how your outdoor education classes fit into the legacy of wilderness schools.
