Dr Roger Scrutton (FRSE, FHEA)
Honorary Research Fellow in Outdoor Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IETL
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 4117
- Email: roger.scrutton@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, TL 1.19
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
My background is in geology and geophysics as a member of academic staff in the School of Geosciences at Edinburgh University from 1974. Now retired, I have been able to pursue a life-long interest in outdoor pursuits as a full-time researcher in the Outdoor Education Group at Edinburgh. I felt duty-bound to first of all complete a research degree in Outdoor Education, and now I have an Honorary Research Fellowship which will allows me to research areas of the personal and academic benefits of residential outdoor education for school pupils and youth groups.
Responsibilities & affiliations
I have a long involvement with orienteering as a participant, a coach and, recently, as President of the Scottish Orienteering Association.
Postgraduate teaching
I make occasional teaching appearances in areas of education related to my research and orienteering interests. Formerly, I taught a wide range of courses in geology, geophysics and oceanography.
Research summary
- Bringing the results of rigorous research to bear on education policy and provision
- The benefits of participation in residential outdoor activities for the development of young people, principally their personal and social development but also their physical and academic development
- Quantitative research methodology in outdoor education and its relationship to qualitative research
Current and recent research
Project activity
- Measurement of the benefits of outdoor adventure activities programmes for school children
- A pathway of affective and cognitive learning on residential outdoor education courses embedded in the curriculum
- The contribution of metrics and measures to education policy and provision
- Increasing the rigour of quantitative studies of personal and social development in outdoor adventure education
- A comparison of the personal and social benefits gained from outdoor adventure courses, field studies courses and combined courses