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Gender and Risk in Outdoor Adventure Education
We analyze how gender intersects with risk processes and practices in outdoor adventure education. Language, binary logic, and societal norms work...
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Outdoor adventure education and constructive development theory: An inquiry into meaning making, growing up, and immunity to change
What does it mean to grow up? Why is it important? How does one measure it, and what factors make it so difficult to realize? This paper explores how...
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“When the real stuff happens”: A qualitative descriptive study of the psychosocial outcomes of outdoor adventure education for adolescents
Adolescence is a pivotal time for social and emotional wellbeing development, and the literature calls for psychosocial support approaches in this...
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Outdoor education, environmental perceptions, and sustainability: Exploring relationships and opportunities
The benefits of outdoor activities and access to nature are driving demand for the use of outdoor spaces. At the same time, concerns are increasing...
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Activities of daily living experienced through outdoor adventure activities: intentional instruction for individuals with disabilities
It is well known that outdoor adventure has many benefits to individuals’ well-being, socialization, and self-concept. Outdoor adventure programs...
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Assessing outdoor and environmental education threshold concepts in Australian universities
Communicating tertiary graduate skills and knowledge to employers is a contemporary issue in Australian outdoor education. Threshold concepts have...
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Outdoor Educators' Perceptions of the Nature and Scope of Outdoor Education in Victoria, Australia from 1999–2013
In 2013, this study was undertaken to enhance the understanding of the changes in the beliefs and practices of Victorian outdoor educators within the...
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The nature and scope of Outdoor Education in Western Australia
Outdoor Education has evolved as a learning area in Western Australia over many years. In this paper we document historical elements of an...
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Where’s the E in OE? A critical analysis of Irish outdoor education
Very little empirical research has been conducted on Irish outdoor education practice(s). This inquiry aims to critically explore outdoor education...
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“Immersed within the rock itself”: Student experiences rock climbing in outdoor education
Outdoor education has a long tradition of using adventurous activities like rock climbing to achieve learning outcomes. Concepts like adventure,...
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Exploration of adventure therapy community and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand
This research explored the use of adventure therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand, how practitioners have learned their skills, and what they perceive the...
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Outdoor education in Canadian post-secondary education: common philosophies, goals, and activities
Canada has a long history of outdoor education (OE) in sectors including summer camps, K-12, and post-secondary education (PSE). However, previous...
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Is climate change the ‘elephant in the room’ for outdoor environmental education?
The impacts of climate change are undeniable, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to dispute the science. What is less clear is the role of...
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Promoting Social and Emotional Development Through Outdoor Learning
Primary school (i.e., Kindergarten to Grade 3) educators typically support students’ social and emotional learning (SEL) through targeted lessons...
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Perceptions of empowerment and leadership in the context of outdoor education: a qualitative study in women participants
Gender inequality is a global challenge and leadership development and empowerment have the potential to effect change. Outdoor education programs...
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Adventure and Risk in Outdoor Environmental Education
Outdoor environmental education has a central role in fostering positive relationships with the natural world. In this chapter we suggest that by...
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Types of outdoor education programs for adolescents in British Columbia: an environmental scan
Being active in nature carries many benefits and there are a number of ways to design and deliver outdoor programs so that young people can realize...
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The Bronte Creek Project: Outdoor Environmental Education in a High School
The Bronte Creek Project (BCP) was a unique environmental leadership program for high school students that ran for 38 years in Ontario Canada, until...
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Outdoor Environmental Education in the Anthropocene: Beyond In/Out
Recent literature on the Anthropocene and Environmental Education criticizes the disembedding of late-modern education from time, space—and most...
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Develo** outdoor campus space for teaching and learning: a sco** review of the literature
Educators have used outdoor space to support learning throughout history. Over the past several years, the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled...
