To be in the garden or not to be in the garden—that is the question here: some aspects of the educational chances that are inherent in tamed and untamed nature

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Acknowledgements

Translated by Gudrun Vill-Debney. This contribution is a slightly revised version of a keynote speech the author gave at the ‘The Curious Garden’ conference organised by the Ministry of Education in Singapore, October 26–28, 2010.

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Peter Becker

Peter Becker is Professor Emeritus of Philipps University. His research areas include youth at risk and community education, early education, (trans)cultural aspects of outdoor education, history of German ‘Erlebnispädagogik’, structural theory of ‘Bildung’ and education.