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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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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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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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“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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Learning to embrace outdoor pedagogy: early childhood education student experiences of a nature-focused practicum
Nature-based learning is increasingly being implemented and explored within early childhood education settings. Thus, including sustainability,...
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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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Running the risk: The social, behavioral and environmental associations with positive risk in children’s play activities in outdoor playspaces
The importance of positive risk opportunities in children’s play environments has been well-established. Risk in play allows children to examine...
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The experiences of trans and non-binary participants in residential and non-residential outdoor programmes
The degree to which policy, practice, and facilities accommodate trans and non-binary participants in outdoor programmes has been subject to limited...
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Connectedness to Nature Through Outdoor Environmental Education: Insights from Psychology
Psychology has many insights to offer in our collective attempts to reconnect individuals with nature. Based upon the literature on the antecedents...
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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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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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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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Different programming approaches on primary students’ computational thinking: a multifactorial chain mediation effect
This study investigated the effects of the single programming approach (plugged-in and unplugged) and the mixed programming approach...
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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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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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Childhoodnature: Applying a Sympoietic Approach to Child-Outdoor-Nature Encounters
Childhoodnature encounters can flourish in the Anthropocene. Assembled theories supporting childhoodnature can produce sparks when knocked together....
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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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Validation of a Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Outdoor Play Behavioral Intention and Perceived Behavioral Control Tool for Early Childhood Educators
Early childhood educators (ECEs) are highly influential role models in the childcare setting with respect to encouraging physical activity and...
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Elementary Students Learning Computer Programming: an investigation of their knowledge Retention, Motivation, and perceptions
Students need to learn and practice computational thinking and skills throughout PreK-12 to be better prepared for entering college and future...
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Introducing Ecologies of Skill for Outdoor Leaders
In this chapter, skill is explained ecologically for outdoor leaders. The main idea is that people interrelate with the world through their skills...