Objects of Substance – The Beris Korotcoff Outdoor Education

beyond the purely academic. According to the McIntoshes, Outdoor Education also captures the idea of looking beyond self —‘of contributing confidently to the world … (and) being curious, being generous, being adventurous’. Outdoor Education is not only about the outdoors. Both Mr and Ms McIntosh and the current Director of Marrapatta, Ms Kim Wood, emphasise that the winners of this prize are honoured for their self-awareness, empathy, and collaboration. Ms Wood describes the se girls as ‘trusting, kind, and respectful’ and that they ‘walk alongside others no matter what their differences’. What marvellous criteria for a world citizen of the future. However, perhaps it is only appropriate that the final words come from a winner of this award. Ruth Schulz (1997) expresses a key characteristic of those who have won this trophy: ‘When I received the prize, it felt nice to be recognized for something that I simply loved doing’.

Mrs Kristine Cooke (Harvey, 1967) English Teacher

References

BGGS Magazine 1990