Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn CBE [1] (5 June 1886 – 14 December 1974) was a German educator. He was decisive in founding Stiftung Louisenlund , Schule Schloss Salem , Gordonstoun , Outward Bound , the Duke of Edinburgh's Award , and the first of the United World Colleges , Atlantic College .

Discusses Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), German-born educator emphasizing moral virtue, community service, "Samaritan ethic," and mental-physical balance. Describes life in pre-World War II Germany, founding of British educational programs: …

Directing the school from 1920 until 1933, Hahn placed greater emphasis on noncompetitive physical activities and democratic forms of social cooperation than was the case in conventional German schools.

Hahn is probably best known for starting Outward Bound (OB). This emerged from the short courses (four weeks) which were based on the four pillars and followed the Badge curriculum. The first OB course was run in 1941 at Aberdovey in Wales. This was a result of collaborations between Hahn and

concept of the four pillars is a key to Hahn’s work. The pillars are physical fitness; an expedition that provides challenge and adventure; a project that develops self-reliance and self. (and subsequently also at other United World Colleges). Alongside …

This book provides a detailed historical account, centred on Hahn and the movement which surrounded him, of the early development of adventure education up to 1944. This includes an examination of themes present throughout Hahn’s educational endeavours.

Kurt Hahn: The midwife of educational ideas. Ed.D. dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Discusses Kurt Hahn (1886-1974), German-born educator emphasizing moral virtue, community service, "Samaritan ethic," and mental-physical balance.

2020年5月6日 · This is an historical analysis of sexuality in Kurt Hahn's educational aims and practices. It draws on Hahn's own writings and speeches, coupled with documents from his students and colleagues, educational historians, German …

To illuminate Hahn's use of adventure, in the following pages I will retrace key biographical points leading up to his educational (ad)ventures; examine common analyses of his educational aims already given in Hahnian literature and, provide an alternative analysis that adds much-needed nuance and fleshes out epistemic blind spots in our ...