Professor
Department of Educational Studies (EDST)
Dr. Walter’s latest research focuses on the informal learning of adults, the educational “currriculum,” and issues of gender and development in community-based ecotourism initiatives in Southeast Asia. Other research looks at environmental education in North America and the ways in which adults learn in environmental protest, the food movement, and community gardens.
Contributions:
Tran, L.T. & Walter, P. (2014). Ecotourism, gender and development in northern Vietnam. Annals of Tourism Research 44, 116-130. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738313001266
Walter, P. (2013). Theorizing visitor learning in ecotourism. Journal of Ecotourism 12(1), 15-32. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14724049.2012.742093
Walter, P. (2013). Dead wolves, dead birds and dead trees: Catalysts for transformative learning in the making of scientist-environmentalists. Adult Education Quarterly 63(1), 24-42. http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/63/1/24
Walter, P. (2013). Theorising community gardens as pedagogical sites in the food movement. Environmental Education Research 19 (4) 521-539. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504622.2012.709824#.Uk8i71Oykr0
Reimer, J.K. & Walter, P. (2012). How do you know it when you see it? Community-based ecotourism in the Cardamom Mountains of southwestern Cambodia, Tourism Management 34, 122-132. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261517712000659
Keywords:
Adult education; International and comparative education; Environmental education; Ecotourism; Informal learning; Adult literacy; Gender and development; Southeast Asian studies.
pierre.walter@ubc.ca
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