ABSTRACT
In the Norwegian tradition, cultural and historical heritage explain the current theory of practice, vegledning, as a specific version of experiential learning in Norway. This practice tradition is mostly ‘lived’ within educators who study friluftsliv, which is the Nordic term conveying how to understand outdoor life in normative ways. Vegledning builds on contributions by Nils Faarlund, articulated in the 1970s, as a civilisation critique where friluftsliv appears to be a way of ‘finding home’. A core description of vegledning includes physical and mental preparations, quality descriptions of preferred nature areas, specific leadership styles, specific group compositions, styles of living and detailed ideas regarding how one should engage in environmental awakening. This practice tradition builds on at least three different heritages: heritage from romantic movements and national identity, heritage from Norwegian male polar heroes, and heritage from Arne Næss and the deep ecology movement.
