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Friluftsliv in residential youth care: a resilience perspective on character-forming outdoor experiences Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Joakim Jiri Haaland, Børge Baklien
We explore care workers’ descriptions of friluftsliv (outdoor life) in Norwegian residential care homes in the context of child and youth care. Tracing a brief history of friluftsliv in Norway, we ...
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Interconnections and wellbeing. Embodiment of older lifelong outdoor enthusiasts and the more than human Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Barbara Humberstone, Geoff Cooper, Di Collins
This paper considers the sensuous feelings of 32 lifelong older outdoor enthusiasts. In a previous paper, the adaptations that these older folk had made in their lives in order to continue with the...
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Why do you not show us the outside of the school? Opportunities and limitation to conduct outdoor activities in physical education Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Miguel Hurtado Barroso, Pedro Ángel Latorre Román, Juan Antonio Párraga Montilla, José Carlos Cabrera-Linares
This study sought to determine the preferences, barriers, and resources that active Andalusian Physical Education teachers (Primary and Secondary) have about conducting outdoor education (OE) as we...
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Returning to the river: the salutogenic model as a theory to explore the relation between outdoor activities and health Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mikael Quennerstedt, Erik Backman, Jonas Mikaels
An ongoing discussion is a debate about the benefits of outdoor activities for health, where a narrowness regarding the benefits as a matter of curing or preventing disease has been questioned. Hen...
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Frilufts-therapy can improve adolescents’ mental health. A systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention studies Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Ida Lousen, Søren Andkjær
This study aims to investigate the impact of frilufts-therapy (Nordic inspired therapeutic interventions in nature) on adolescents’ mental health through a systematic literature review following PR...
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Exploring key informants’ perceptions of weather-modified recess Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Carson Ouellette, Gina Martin, Brendon Hyndman, Brenton Button
Outdoor recess presents an opportunity for children to be physically active, socialize with their peers, and spend time in nature. Inclement weather may detract from these activities. The purpose o...
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What does it feel like to be in a blue space nature play program? A phenomenological investigation into the wellbeing benefits for children engaging in physically active play in coastal environments Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Elizabeth Rouse, Llewellyn Wishart
Increasingly early years education recognises the value of engaging in natural play environments for young children’s health and wellbeing. Whilst the focus of nature play usually centres around ch...
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Educators unplugged: working and thinking in natural environments Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Alison Willis, Catherine Thiele, Robyn Fox, Amanda Miller, Natalie McMaster, Stephanie Menzies
This study investigates the cultural experiences of higher education educators/academics while working outdoors in natural environments, ‘unplugged’ from technological and institutional systems.a) ...
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Outdoor excursions in Swedish school-age educare centres Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Peter Carlman, Maria Hjalmarsson, Birgitta Ljung Egeland
Societal changes during the last few decades have given rise to the expansion of extended systems in nations across the world. Despite differences regarding age groups and relations to compulsory s...
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Journal of adventure education and outdoor learning: special issue: digital technology and networked spaces in outdoor learning Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jack Reed, Imre van Kraalingen, Dave Hills
Published in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2024)
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Building resilience and well-being for post-covid adolescents through outdoor adventure Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-20 John Francis Allan, Adele Doran, Ruan Jones, Sarah Farrell
21st Century Skills encompass life capabilities for individuals to work and prosper in complex environments. Resilience encapsulates positive behavioural adaptations acquired through optimised expo...
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Children’s competitive microcultures: an examination of the social organization of rules and roles in gender inclusive and performance-based outdoor play Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Michelle E. E. Bauer, Ian Pike
Children’s microcultures consist of small peer communities that they develop with distinct rules and roles operating outside of traditional daily activities. Presently, there is little understandin...
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Application of the Delphi technique to a questionnaire on out-of-classroom training in initial teacher education Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2024-01-27 J.-L Luis Parejo, J. Cáceres-Iglesias, M. Manrique-Benito, M.-O Cortón-Heras
Outings beyond the confines of the university classroom are still rare in Spain. They are an experiential learning practice that involve student teachers in their future professions through a refle...
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Examining the impact of coaching for independence in adventure sports Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Chris Eastabrook, Loel Collins, Robin D. Taylor, Pamela Richards
This study of adventure sports learners expands on earlier work on adventure sports coaching. We examine learners’ perceptions of their coaching and its effect on their self-efficacy and independen...
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Understanding older adults’ participation in outdoor adventure activities: a scoping review Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Emily S. Smith, Nicole K. Dalmer
Outdoor adventure activities are increasingly popular among older adults. We conducted a scoping review to examine trends in the scholarly literature on this topic. Several interdisciplinary databa...
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Navigating the athlete-to-coach transition: understanding the experiences, philosophies, and practices of British orienteering coaches Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Thomas M. Leeder, Lee C. Beaumont
The sport of orienteering has been largely absent from the outdoor and adventure coaching literature. Therefore, we know little about the experiences of orienteering coaches, specifically their jou...
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Exploring students’ emotional experiences on a 7-day outdoor personal development course: investigating emotional dynamics across different programme elements Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Adéla Růžičková, Dana Štěrbová, David Másilka, Michal Vičar
Emotions influence the process of personal development and are an important factor in learning. Reflecting on and understanding one’s emotions within an experiential personal development course can...
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Profiting from individual investment in winter outdoor activities: expanding participants’ life horizons Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-16 David Másilka, Ivo Jirásek, Adéla Růžičková, Michal Petr
Outdoor education in various forms has a long and rich tradition in the Czech Republic. This paper focuses on research into the benefits or return on investment of a winter travel course organised ...
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Loose parts and risky play: playworker perspectives on facilitating a community-based intervention in local parks during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Gavin R McCormack, Calli Naish, Jennie Petersen, Patricia K Doyle-Baker
ABSTRACT Play encourages physical and social activity creativity, and risk-taking. However, unstructured and risky play is on the decline. Our qualitative study explored the perspectives of Play Ambassadors, who faciliated a community-based loose parts play intervention (‘play hubs’) in Calgary parks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using semi-structured interviews with 12 Play Ambassadors, four main
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Rewilding children’s imaginations: 99 creative activities inspired by nature and folktales from around the world, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Jelena Farkic
Published in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Friluftsliv and olggonastin – multiple and complex nature cultures Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Eivind Å. Skille, Steinar Pedersen, Øystein Skille
ABSTRACT The Scandinavian concept of friluftsliv has become established in the international literature on outdoor life. However, when emphasising friluftsliv as a recreational way of outdoor life, other understandings and nuances are disguised. With a post-colonial and Indigenous methodological perspective, the authors argue that the Sámi words olggonastin, meahcástallan and olggustállan are often
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Outdoor environmental education in the contemporary world Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Rola Angga Lardika, Fikri Yanda, Beltasar Tarigan
Published in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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From McDonaldization to place-based experience: revitalizing outdoor education in Ireland Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-09-04 John Pierce, John Telford
ABSTRACT Outdoor education in Ireland, as in many countries, takes place in a variety of physical locations ranging from urban to wilder, minimally human influenced environments. Irish public outdoor education providers have traditionally placed little emphasis on cultural understandings of the places where learning occurs. Moreover, outdoor education commonly demonstrates characteristics of a McDonaldized
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The impact of artificial intelligence on adventure education and outdoor learning: international perspectives Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Chris North, David Hills, Pat Maher, Jelena Farkić, Vinicius Zeilmann, Sue Waite, Takako Takano, Heather Prince, Kirsti Pedersen Gurholt, Nkatha Muthomi, Daniel Njenga, Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke, Susan Houge Mackenzie, Graham French
This is a composite article which brings together the international perspectives of the editorial board of the Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning to explore the impacts of artifici...
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The ethics of mountain adventure: education from the tragic and sublime on screen Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-17 James MacAllister
In this paper, I consider the ethics education potential of two documentary films set in the mountains. I first draw upon the work of Emily Brady in order to tease out some similarities and differe...
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Beyond adventure GAP year programme: is it successful in training soft skills? Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-14 P van der Merwe, Owen Gohori, Philip Vosloo
ABSTRACT Adventure Gap year programmes are becoming popular globally but there is still little research on their contribution to the development of soft skills of the participants. Using the Beyond Adventure Structured Adventure Gap Year Programme in South Africa, this study used a qualitative research approach where semi-structured interviews were conducted with its 15 participants pre-post (before)
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‘Who am I?’: professional identity in mature outdoor professionals Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Peter White, Matthew Groves
ABSTRACT ‘Who we are’ is an existential question that permeates everyone’s lives, affecting how we see ourselves and how others see us. Through semi-structured interviews of 13 mature outdoor professionals, this research attempts to unpack the nature of their professional identity and understand how it emerges. Using a grounded theory methodology, the findings suggest that they construct their own
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More than a Book Review: Outdoor Adventure Education- Trends and New Directions Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-07 TA Loeffler
Published in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2024)
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Correction Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-05
Published in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Protecting the nature within: framing digital-downtime through Western and Indigenous approaches to preserving nature Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Chris North, Matiu Tai Ratima
The role of digital technologies in outdoor and environmental education is contested and therefore educators should carefully consider their inclusion or exclusion of networked spaces. In addition,...
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Implementing nature-based physical activity in physical and health education teacher education Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Jennifer Gruno, Sandra Gibbons
ABSTRACT In this study we sought to answer the following regarding student learning: After bi-weekly implementation of nature-based physical activity (NBPA) in a Physical and Health Education Teacher Education (PHETE) course, did pre-service elementary teachers report a greater perceived competence and motivation to teach children NBPA? The term NBPA refers to physical activities that are done in natural
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Barriers to and opportunities for integrating climbing in physical education Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Anika Frühauf, Dominik Sagmeister, Martin Kopp
ABSTRACT This study aimed to describe barriers to and opportunities for integrating climbing, as a form of adventure education, in Austrian school physical education (PE). Guided by the theoretical framework of self-determination theory and the pedagogical model of Outdoor Adventure Education, fourteen teachers with and without experience in integrating climbing in PE were interviewed using a semi-structured
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Plogging improves environmental awareness in high school physical education students Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Carlos Martinez-Mirambell, Salvador Baena-Morales, Olalla García-Taibo, Albertoa Ferriz-Valero
ABSTRACT Plogging, a practice that combines outdoor exercise with waste collection, is a novel alternative to physical activity; therefore, it has not been extensively studied in the scientific literature yet. The aim of this research is to analyse whether students’ environmental attitudes are affected by a 6-week intervention based on plogging. A total of 143 students (mean age 15.58 ± 3.28) participated
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“When I’m playing with him, everything else in my life sort of falls away”: exploring grandparents’ and grandchildren’s learning through outdoor play Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Mathilde Duflos, Hebah Hussaina, Mariana Brussoni
ABSTRACT A decline in children’s opportunities for outdoor play was observed during the past decades. Expanding opportunities for outdoor play through intergenerational programs for children and elders could benefit their mental and physical health. This study explores the learnings that Canadian grandparents and their 3- to 5-year-old grandchildren attained through intergenerational outdoor play.
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Digital technology and environmental pedagogies in tertiary outdoor education: linking digital spaces to more-than-human places Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Scott Jukes, Jonathan Lynch
Digital technologies are receiving increased attention in outdoor and environmental education (OEE). Historically, debates on digital technology in these fields have tended to focus on how technolo...
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Teaching the primary curriculum outdoors Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Sue Waite
Published in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2023)
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Enriching the educational validity of decision-making evaluation in adventure sports coaching Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Jason J. Taylor, Robin D. Taylor, Dave Collins
ABSTRACT Adventure sports coaches must make sound judgements and effective decisions to ensure they can manage the significant risks present in an operating environment that is hyper-dynamic and has significant environmental complexity (Collins & Collins, 2013). High-level stakeholders in adventure sports require coaches demonstrate competency to fulfill their responsibilities to look after their clients
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Differences in epistemological beliefs in a group of high-level UK based caving, mountaineering and rock-climbing instructors Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Martin Barry, Loel Collins, David Grecic
ABSTRACT The epistemological underpinning of Adventure Sports Coaches’ (ASCs) coaching and leadership practice is a growing area of research. The epistemological stance that links to caving instructors, winter mountaineering instructors and rock-climbing instructors practice however has not been considered. Consequently, this paper sought to explore the epistemology of 9 UK-based ASCs (caving instructors
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The Relationship Between Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour: Australian Primary School -Aged Children and Nature Experiences Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Tessa McHugh, Carla Litchfield, Elissa Pearson, Brianna Le Busque
ABSTRACT Children are spending significantly less time outdoors in free play than previous generations, which has implications for children’s development. This study explores parental knowledge, attitudes and the time children spend in outdoor free play. Parents or caregivers of children aged between five and nine years old (N = 82) completed an online mixed methods survey. Data collected included
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Effects of outdoor adventures on emerging adults’ well-being and connection with nature Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-04 Riikka Puhakka
ABSTRACT While well-being and health benefits of nature are increasingly recognized, young people’s decreasing contact with nature has raised concerns. The emerging adulthood period is seen as critical for ongoing participation in outdoor recreation. This mixed methods study examines how participation in an outdoor education course, including canoeing and hiking trips, affects participants’ perceived
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Predicting the future of experiential and adventurous learning in the metaverse Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-06-04 Simon Priest
This essay defines the metaverse and its many uses. It then draws parallels to adventure and examines the elements that make adventure a unique learning medium. Next, it predicts the future based o...
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No connectivity, better connections: teenagers’ experiences of a phone-free summer camp in the United States Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Charlotte Megret
Phones have become pervasive in many teenagers’ lives, and outdoor educators are increasingly faced with making decisions regarding technology. This case study sheds light on the complex relationsh...
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Exploring the involvement of Italian primary and secondary school teachers in related outdoor education and scouting activities: findings from a survey Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Gabriele Russo, Andrea Ceciliani
ABSTRACT This study investigated the involvement of Italian preschool and primary school teachers in outdoor education and scouting activities and their association with student cooperation and personal care. While outdoor education has various psychophysiological, psychosocial, social, and pedagogical benefits, some teachers express concerns about their readiness to implement such activities. We hypothesized
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Family relations during adventure in nature activities Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-04-08 Juliana de Paula Figueiredo, Wihanna Cardozo de Castro Franzoni, Lais Mendes Tavares, Alcyane Marinho
ABSTRACT ]This descriptive exploratory qualitative study reflected on family and social relationships during outdoor adventure activities. The general context was Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Six preselected children, aged 5–12, who regularly participate in outdoor adventure activities, as well as one parent who supports their activities was included (12 total participants). Data were collected
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Energy balance during outdoor education winter training: a pilot study Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Thomas Birkedal Stenqvist, Geir Øvrevik
ABSTRACT Learning in the mountains during winter prepares upcoming guides for tough environments by placing demands on their energy intake and enabling them to cope with a complex environment. However, few studies have explored energy intake and expenditure in outdoor education. Thus, energy intake during a 24-hour winter mountain course was investigated in a Norwegian educational context, where students
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Improving the analysis and reporting of studies of nature-based adventure interventions: a review of studies published in JAEOL Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Claudio D. Rosa, Talisson Santos Chaves, Silvia Collado, Nevin J. Harper
ABSTRACT Nature-based adventure (NBA) interventions can be broadly understood as any intervention of adventure occurring in a natural setting not necessarily involving a licensed mental health professional. Evidence suggests that some NBA interventions improve people’s health. Although encouraging, the strength of this evidence is often impaired by the non-random allocation of participants to groups
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The perceptions of trainee teachers towards Forest School, does connection to nature matter? Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Silvia Cont, Avril Rowley, Zoe Knowles, Colm Bowe
ABSTRACT The increasing popularity of outdoor learning (OL) amongst researchers and practitioners highlighted the need to further investigate primary teacher trainees (PTTs) perception towards it and how this may be related to their nature connection. Participants were PTTs who were considering attending Forest School (FS) Training Level 1 as part of their Initial Teacher Education (ITE) course. This
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Why travel far to learn? A study of environmental behaviour change experience of residential outdoor environmental education participants Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Sharifah Intan Sharina Syed-Abdullah
ABSTRACT Residential outdoor environmental education (ROEE) is commonly used to educate people about the environment. This research focuses on the participants’ subjective perceptions of the impact of the drag and drop approach used in ROEE courses on changing their environmental behaviour and the extent to which the changes (if any) are sustained. The study adopted a narrative approach and used the
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Indigenous sport and nature – a case study of a Sámi sport club Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Eivind Å. Skille
ABSTRACT Applying a broad interpretation of education, this paper investigates how one Sámi (the Indigenous people of Northern Norway) sports club teaches traditional lingual knowledge to its youth members. Using Wittgenstein’s language philosophy and Mead’s understanding of figurative cultures as theoretical frameworks, and qualitative methods, two relatively contradictory sets of findings were revealed
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Psychological transformation of the ‘self’ towards eco-sensitivity through high-risk nature-based sports: a South African context Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Nicolette Human, Barend Johannes Marthinus Steyn
ABSTRACT Mindless actions in the form of environmentally degrading behaviour constantly threaten the sustainability of healthy ecosystems. In this paper, the intrinsic value of strengthening the bond between humanity and nature through high-risk nature-based sports participation is explored. This interpretative phenomenological analytical study considers lived experiences of 10 skilled South African
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Recognition and reporting of outdoor learning in primary schools in England Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Heather E. Prince, Olivia Diggory
ABSTRACT The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) inspects and reports on the quality and effectiveness of educational provision in England. This research explores the extent to which non-mandatory curricular outdoor learning was recognised and reported by Ofsted in their inspections of state-maintained English primary schools (3–11 years) between September 2019
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Learning landscapes through technology and movement: blurring boundaries for a more-than-human pedagogy Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Scott Jukes, Alistair Stewart, Marcus Morse
ABSTRACT Interest in the role of technology and movement is growing in outdoor environmental education (OEE) research. However, there are many unexamined assumptions involving both non-digital technology and movement for outdoor learners. In this paper, we explore learning landscapes through non-digital technology and movement involving canoe journeys in south-eastern Australia. We examine ways that
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K-11 teachers’ school-based outdoor education practices in the province of Québec, Canada: from local initiatives to a grassroots movement Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, Félix Berrigan, Antoine Deschamps, Kassandra L’Heureux, Marie-Claude Beaudry, Sylvain Turcotte
ABSTRACT Although the school curriculum of the province of Québec, Canada, does not explicitly encourage teachers to provide outdoor learning experiences, it appears that there is a growing momentum for outdoor education. Thus, the research question that guided this study was: What are preschool, elementary, and secondary teachers’ outdoor education practices in the province of Québec, Canada? To answer
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A small-scale evaluation of instructional approaches and perspectives on the benefits of adventurous education for young people Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Bryony Gilkes, Jordan Wintle, Jack Reed
ABSTRACT The addition of Outdoor and Adventurous Activities (OAA) throughout the national curriculum for physical education in England and Wales has added a new dimension to the often-questioned traditional teaching curricula associated with competitive sport. Yet, the research base linked to the field of OAA has limited insight into the views of the instructors who integrally facilitate such experiences
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The development of the Czech concept of education in nature: a tribute to Jan Neuman Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2022-12-28 A. J. Martin, I. Turčová, T. Brtník, J. Neuman
ABSTRACT In the Czech Republic there has been a growing interest in education in nature [výchova v přírodě] in connection with accreditation as a field of study. Outdoor experiential educator Jan Neuman, who died in April 2021, was instrumental in the development and formalisation of Czech education in nature programmes over the past 50 years. The aim of this review is to highlight the culturally unique
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Tai Wātea/Waves of freedom: an evaluation of a surf therapy programme for improving psychosocial functioning in young men at high risk of adverse life outcomes Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Annericke Leonard, Tatiana Tairi, Neville M. Blampied
ABSTRACT Surf therapy programs have been successfully utilised with vulnerable populations worldwide. This study is the first to examine the effects of a surf therapy program on the psychosocial functioning of young men at high risk of adverse life outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. A single-group pre-test post-test research design, with repeated measures and replication was used. The Youth Outcome
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Student and teacher perceptions of the outdoor experience on traditional playgrounds: a case study Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2022-12-23 Inaki Larrea, Alexander Muela, Oihana Imaz
ABSTRACT Outdoor education fosters student well-being, development and learning. However, many schools restrict outdoor experience to their own playground, and to times considered recess. This case study, which examined student and teacher perceptions about the outdoor experience on traditional playgrounds, was conducted in an urban school in the Basque Country with an asphalt playground whose only
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Motivations and challenges for sail training personnel: it’s not entirely about the boat! Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Mike Brown
ABSTRACT Sail training is described as an educational endeavour where participants are required to adapt to an unfamiliar physical and social environment, acquire new skills (maritime and domestic), and confront personal challenges (e.g. going aloft, dealing with seasickness). It shares many of the philosophical underpinnings of adventure education, where personal and social growth is believed to be
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Experiences of teachers after training on outdoor education in early childhood Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Nilgün Cevher Kalburan
ABSTRACT This study aims to understand the experiences of preschool teachers’ outdoor education experiences in their curriculum after taking the Outdoor Education in Early Childhood Course. In this qualitative study, grounded theory was applied to analyzing data that were collected through an open-ended form and individual and focus group interviews. Results consisted of a main category, namely change
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Using the Taoist philosophy of Ziran-Wuwei to reconcile the nature-technology dichotomy in outdoor intercultural learning: a mini-ethnography of an ocean-crossing sail-training expedition Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Pub Date : 2022-11-16 Yujun Xu
This paper provides an alternative lens of viewing digital technologies and networked spaces in outdoor intercultural learning, by introducing the Taoist philosophy of Ziran (nature) and Wuwei (ina...