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I successi conseguiti dal metodo di lavoro di Hahn fanno giungere l’Outward Bound negli Stati Uniti, dove, agli inizi degli anni cinquanta, viene utilizzato dalle forze armate per un programma di sviluppo della leadership (Benozzo, 1998). La formazione outdoor inizia così a diffondersi anche al di fuori degli ambiti educativi originari ...
Since Gordonstoun’s foundation, this belief and understanding has also spread to a broader global community. Dr Kurt Hahn, the school’s founder, was the driving force behind the Outward Bound Movement and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Gordonstoun was also one of the founding schools of Round Square, an organisation of 160 independent ...
Gordonstoun’s remarkable location on a 200-acre woodland estate in the north of Scotland provides the background for its world beating outdoor education programme. Gordonstoun was the birth place of both the Outward Bound Movement and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and expeditions to the Scottish Highlands or sail training on the School’s ...
Un legado en evolución. Desde 1941, Outward Bound ha continuado ofreciendo experiencias desafiantes, a través de las cuales el individuo desarrolla confianza; el grupo llega a una mayor conciencia de la interdependencia humana; y todos hacen crecer su compasión y deseo de retribuir a sus comunidades.
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.
In 1946 the Outward Bound Trust was formed and since then Outward Bound schools have been set up in many parts of the world. Hahn retired as headmaster of Gordonstoun in 1953 and received an Honorary Degree from Edinburgh University.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s longest charitable commitment was with The Outward Bound Trust – an organisation committed to the development of young people through learning and adventure in the wild. Outward Bound was co-founded in 1941 by Kurt Hahn, a German Jewish educator, and Lawrence Holt of the Blue Funnel Line.
