Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center
New Content Update #5
July, 2003 - March, 2004

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New Links Categories

Experiential education, character education, & camping

Adventure therapy

Leadership, facilitation, staff training, & industry issues

Management & corporate

Nature & wilderness

Philosophy & theory

Research & evaluation

Risk, challenge, & safety

Writing & publishing

Quotes

Programs, games & activities

History, trends & future

Miscellaneous

Experiential Education, Character Education, & Camping

Adventure Therapy

• Wilderness therapy vs. bootcamp
  (Keith Russell)

• Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative launches second research study (StrugglingTeens.com)

• Sweat therapy heals traditionally
  (Colmant, 2003)

• Naturally high
  (Windana Wilderness Therapy Program, Victoria, Australia)

• Adventure as psychotherapy: A mental health perspective
  (Berman & Berman, 1995, Journal of Leisurability)

• Juveniles riot at Outward Bound
  (Sun Herald, July, 2003)

• Client outcomes in therapeutic recreation
  (Norm Stumbo (Ed.), 2003, Venture Publishing)

• Reviewing and benchmarking adventure therapy outcomes: Applications of meta-analysis (Revised, September, 2003)

• Youth programs cut crime, costs
  (DeAngelis, 2003)

• Concrete interventions are crucial: Intrapersonal exploration in client-centered therapy
  (Sachse, 1990)

• Can Challenge Courses help overcome eating disorders?
  (Yahoo News, October 22, 2003)

• Call for authors: International Adventure Therapy Handbook
  (Kaye Richards & Martin Ringer, September, 2003)

• Simon Crisp develops wilderness therapy certification in Australia
  (The Outdoor Network October 21, 2003)

• Adventure-based social work practice
  (Tony Alvarez & Gary Stauffer, University of Michigan)

• Do outdoor & adventure activities produce therapeutic gain?
  (Poll by Ken Fraser)

• Wilderness therapy: An alternative treatment for adolescents
  (Stacy Shaw, Spring, 2003, UCLA Undergraduate Psychology Journal)

• Breaking down the stigma of mental illness through an adventure camp: A collaborative education initiative
  (Cynthia Stuhlmiller, Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health Journal Online, 2(2), 2003) [pdf; .2 MB]

• Best practices in Adventure Therapy 2004 & 2010
  (Mike Gass, 31 January, 2004, NATSAP Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida)

Leadership, Facilitation, Staff Training & Industry issues

• Masters in Adventure Education, Plymouth State College & Project Adventure, USA

• Masters in Outdoor Environmental Education & Outdoor Life, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden

• Outdoor education industry surveys
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Interview with John Race: Professional & academic aspects of outdoor education - EnviroEducation.com

• Processing adventure experiences: It's the story that counts
  (Luckner & Nadler, 1995, Therapeutic Recreation Journal)

• Facilitation & reviewing in outdoor education
  (Greenaway, 2003)

• School for outdoor guides adapts to changes in demand.
  (Beebe, 2003, The Outdoor Network)

• What is facilitation?
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Challenge by Choice: Overview
  (Pegasus NLP Trainings)

• Facilitation & reviewing in outdoor education
  (Roger Greenaway)

• Crucial conversations can make or break a camp
  (Joseph Grenny, Camping Magazine, Sep-Oct, 2003)

Management & Corporate

• Research findings about outdoor adventure training for corporate & management development
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Customizable tool for evaluating the outcomes of corporate adventure training
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

  Images of outdoor management development: A synthesis of the literature and participants' experiences on outdoor courses
  (Phil Donnison, 2002; Summary of doctoral thesis, 2000)

• Is team-building a waste? Drum circles are the rage but what do they do?
  (Michael Regan, The Courier Journal, 23 February, 2004)

• Challenge program: Team building in Japan
  (University of Michigan, 10 February, 2003)

• Corporate India gets set for 'experiential games'
  (The Hindu Business Line, 29 February, 2004)

Nature & Wilderness

• Values & benefits of state parks
  (National Association of State Park Directors)

• "Do we need nature?" $20,000 essay competition due 22nd August

• What if we slept for 100 years? A Rumplestiltskin proposal for the restoration of nature
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Psychological benefits of wilderness
  (Duncan, 1998, Ecopsychology Online)

• Web resources on nature writing
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Primitive living articles
  (www.abotech.com)

• Edward O. Wilson's biophilia hypothesis
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Yosemite & the invention of wilderness
  (Gorman, 2003, New York Times)

• Teachers forage for lessons in the forest
  (New York Teacher, 2003)

• The new nature: Winners & losers in wild Australia
  (Book Review, Sydney Morning Herald, 2003)

• What is wilderness? Definition & discussion of wilderness as a human construction
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• The core values of deep ecology
  (Ecospace)

• Principles of deep ecology
  (The Satyana Institute)

• Garden therapy: Just looking at natural vistas may  help improve your mental, physical health
  (Wall Street Journal,  September 11,  2003)

• A new wave of American "geotourists" are willing to spend more on culturally-sensitive, environmentally-friendly travel
  (The Outdoor Network, October 30, 2003)

• Environmental education: Definition, theory, research & links
  

(James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Nature as healer
  (Tim Corcoran, Headwaters Outdoor School)

• Do we need nature? Winners of $20,000 Shell Economist Nature Essay Competition, 2003 Announced (with downloadable essays)

• Outdoor education & experience of space
  (Amelie Zielke, Strathclyde University, 2004)

• Making your school site an environmental smorgasbord
  (Sam Carman, 1986, The Bradford papers)

Philosophy & Theory

• Dr. Kurt Hahn - on the life & philosophy of an inspirational educator
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Outdoor education theory: Double Diamond Model
  (Itin & Bandoroff)

• Theories of adventure & outdoor education
  (OUTRES Listserv, June, 2003)

• Making the team - Hahn, Outward Bound, racism, & cross-cultural programs

• Experiential learning: A theoretical critique from 5 perspectives
  (Fenwick, 2001)

• The impelling principle in Challenge by Choice
  (Itin)

• Does outdoor education equate to erlebnispädogic? 
  (Stähler, 1998, Social Work in Europe)

• The Adventure Wave
  (Schoel, Prouty, & Radcliffe, 1988)

• From struggle to serendipity: Thoughts on the future of Outward Bound [.pdf]
  (Graham Ellis-Smith, Outward Bound International Newsletter, July, 2002)

• Psychology of adventure
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• The power of play: Psychological benefits of play
  (Hara Estroff Monaro, Psychology Today, July, 1999)

• A more conscientious use of metaphor in adventure education
  (Michael McGowan, 1997, The Bradford Papers)

Research & Evaluation

• In a nutshell, does outdoor education work?
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Australian & New Zealand Outdoor Education Researchers Collective

• Looking for research that supports positive outcomes for teambuilding programs with school age children
  (AEE Listserv, May, 2003)

• Evaluating & researching resilience-building intervention programs
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Sail training research


(James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Investigating adventure experiences: An experiential sampling approach
  (McIntyre, 1999)

• Online Evaluation Resource Library
  (National Science Foundation)

• CYFERnet - Children, youth, & families education & research network

• Course evaluation methods
  (Greenaway)

• Psychological processes & effects during expeditions & in extreme environments
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• The use of imagery in climbing
  (Boyd & Monroe, 2003, Athletic Insight, The Online Journal of Sport Psychology, Vol. 5(2))

• Study finds parents force children to play indoors
  (New Zealand Herald, Sept. 2, 2003)

• Positive youth development in the United States: Research findings on evaluations of positive youth development programs
  (Catalano et al 2002, Prevention & Treatment; or go to the Executive Summary)

• New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education, Volume 1, 2002

• The impact of adventure-based training on team cohesion & psychological skills development in elite sports teams
  (Ian Boyle, 2002,  Doctoral thesis, University of Wollongong)

• Research in outdoor adventure: Overview and analysis [.doc]
  (Alan Ewert, Bradford Papers Annual, 1987)

• The effects of a public school system's one day adventure experience
  (Claire Doherty, 2003, 4th year teacher education project, University of Newcastle, Australia)

• Customizable tool for evaluating the outcomes of corporate adventure training
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• What works: Some practical implications from educational psychology research findings
  (Martyn Long, 2000, The Psychology of Education)

• Happy but sad: Outcomes at Morry's Camp
  (Deborah Bialeschki, Teresa Younger, Karla Henderson, Dawn Ewing, & Mary Casey, Camping Magazine, January, 2002)

• Evaluating a good season
  (Michael Shelton, Camping Magazine, Sep-Oct, 2003)

• Research: An essential ingredient in the outdoor recreation mix
  (Editorial, Parks & Recreation, 2003)

• Women & outdoor spaces: A questionnaire
  (Lilace Guignard, 2004, University of Nevada)

• Camps promote children's social and moral growth
  (Alfie Kohn, Camping Magazine, Sept-Oct, 2003)

• Large US survey finds outdoor activities contribute to positive physical and mental health
  (Outdoor Industry Association, 30 January, 2004)

• Unusual thesis blends snow, spirituality
  (Leanne Larmondin, Anglican Journal, March, 2004)

Risk, Challenge, & Safety

• Risk management: A difference perspective
  (Hansen-Stamp, 1997, The Outdoor Network)

• The concept of risk: Likelihood of loss or gain
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Resources for "how to" manage risk in practice
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• The concept of safety in outdoor education: A hypothetical "ideal"
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Best practices in outdoor education: What? Why? How?
  (Alistair McArthur)

• A new model for risk taking
  (Simon Priest)

• The concept of challenge: Growth via stress with support
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• School trips under threat as teacher is jailed for boy's death
  (The Guardian, UK, Sept 24, 2003)

• Risk taking as an educational tool
  (Bureau, 1983, Bradford Papers)

• The psychology of big wave riding
  (Bennett & Kremer, 2002, Australian Conference of Science & Medicine in Sport)

• Risk management & program administration workshop descriptions
  (31st Annual Association for Experiential Education Conference, 2003)

• Handicap theory: An evolutionary perspective on why we take risks
  (Conniff, 2001, Discover)

• Where has the adventure gone?  Bringing risk back into the outdoors
  (Neill, 2003, Outdoor Recreation Industry Council Conference, Sydney)

• Fear of risk is as much a risk as risk itself
  (Tim Besley, 2002,The Age)

• National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) report analyzes student incident data
  (The Outdoor Network, October, 2003)

• Exploring the myths: Analysis of incidents and accidents in professional outdoor education in New Zealand, 1996 – 2000
  (Grant Davidson, 2002, New Zealand Conference on Outdoors Risk Management)

• UK outdoor industry tackles insurance issues
  (The Outdoor Network, November 6, 2003)

• New website "Outdoor Safety.org" by Rick Curtis

• Another one bites the dust: Culture of risk fear shuts New Zealand college outdoor program

• Outdoor & risk educational practices
  (Marni Goldberg, University of Minnesota)

• New rules taking risk out of the outdoors
  (Dec 2, 2003, Hawkes Bay Today)

• Keeping kids in cotton wool
  (Dec 3, 2003, Hawkes Bay Today, Editorial)

• Risk education: Guidance, support materials, lesson plans for teachers & lecturers
  (Health & Safety Executive, National Curriculum for England, 2000)

• The wilderness incident investigative interview
  (Kris Wright & Kurt Merrill, 2002)

• Participants sought for risk management survey
  (Karen Paisley, Jim Sibthorp & Andy Szolosi, The Outdoor Network, 9 February, 2004)

• Building a risk management lexicon
  (Karen Paisley, Jim Sibthorp & Andy Szolosi, The Outdoor Network, 2003, 14(4))

• Union tells teachers to end all school trips
  (The Telegraph, UK, 19 February, 2004)

• Special reports on the school trip crisis in the UK: Outdoor safety concerns and teacher jailings curtail educational opportunities
  (Guardian Unlimited, 2004)

Writing & Publishing

•  Table of Contents & Abstracts, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2002

Quotes

Programs, Games & Activities

• Team building exercises & problem solving activities
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Organized children's games

• Group problem-solving activities for youth work

• Writing activities: A primer for outdoor educators
  (Eric Digest)

• The Project Adventure approach to change (Terry, 1998, Community Policing Consortium)

• Ideas for summer camp activities
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Journeys ~ leaving home [writing & storytelling activities]

• Psychological exercises for self & group insight
  (Suler, Rider University)

• Multicultural experiential exercises
  (Antioch New England Graduate School)

• Outdoor management development research bibliography
  (Greenaway)

• Classic icebreaker: Group Juggle & Warp Speed
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Physical education lesson plans

• Classic initiative task: Survival Simulation Game

• Classic icebreaker: Human Knot
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Psychological exercise: Locus of control
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Write your own eulogy: A psychological exercise
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Simulation game: Beyond survival
  (Design a community development project, Ross Farley & Ben Thurley, Incite, 34)

• Secret smells: Environmental activity
  (Dusan Bartunek, Charles University, Czech Republic)

• Teachers.net lesson exchange
  (almost 3000 lesson plans!)

• Natural orchestra: Environmental activity
  (Dusan Bartunek, Charles University, Czech Republic)

• SGX - Simulation/Game resource exchange

• Psychological exercise: Focusing's six steps to bodily knowing
  (Gendlin)

• Team building exercise: Toxic Waste


(James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Team building exercise: Great Egg Drop
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Israelis, Palestinians to climb mountain
  (Yahoo News, 1 Jan, 2004)

• Group Mandala: A group dynamics exercise
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Middle East Peace Camp
  (Seattle, WA, USA

)

• More tour operators catering to women
  (The Outdoor Network, January 18, 2004)

• Icebreaker: Gotchya! (Grab the Finger)
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Challenge courses help people rise above fear
  (Seattle Post Intelligencer, 31 July, 2003)

• Environmental activity: The Recycle Challenge
  (Black Mountain Elementary School)

History, Trends & Future

• The future of adventure programming
  (Priest & Gass, 2001)

• Future of Outward Bound
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Outdoor activity participation down in the US
  (The Outdoor Network, October, 2003)

• ERIC revamping database & ceasing services
  (The Outdoor Network, 14 Jan, 2004)

• New trends: Adventure travel comes in from the cold
  (Folio, 1 February, 2004)

Miscellaneous

• Adventure in a bun
  (Loynes, 1998, Journal of Experiential Education)

• Online videos about outdoor education


(James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• 10 most popular pages on this site
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Outdoor education news articles
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Top 10 outdoor movies (Gorp.com)

• European Association for Experiential Education - Members & friends

• Testimonials about outdoor education experiences
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Pictures of human evolution & timeline of prehistoric,  early, & modern man
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• 5,300 year old iceman - pictures & recent findings
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Holistic education research projects 
  (Robin Martin, PathsofLearning.net)

• Sports & exercise psychology

• American Alpine Club Library

• A new review of this site - the good & the bad!
  (Clare Forest, Training Journal)

• Women & adventure education: Reconstructing leisure constraints
  (Little, 2002, Journal of Leisure Research)

• Write an outdoor education profile for your country!
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Preface: A personal introduction to the Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center
  (James Neill, 2003, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• So, you want to go rock climbing, whitewater rafting, snowboarding, or skydiving?  How to get started

• Outdoor ed for women gaining popularity
  (Billings Gazette, 2003)

• Survival IQ Quiz
  (25 questions, WebSportsman.com)

• Outdoor adventures for women to come together and enjoy nature
  (The Outdoor Network, September 16, 2003)

• Outdoor education in Australia
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Older vacationers are seeking adventures
  (The Outdoor Network,  Sept 24, 2003)

• Expedition behavior: The finer points
  [10 unspoken rules] (Howard Tomb)

• Schools sweat to get kids moving: Creative approach encourages fitness
  (Denver Post, 29 September, 2003)

• Conquering the mountains: Kaushal Desai, Adventure India
  (Deccan Herald, July 8, 2003)

• Outdoor Information Center
  (Charles University, Czech Republic)

• Outdoor education in Japan
  (James Neill, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Social ecology eclectic (SEE): The interconnectedness of everything
  (Stuart Hill, University of Western Sydney)

• "Outdoor education is..."
  (Googlism.com)

• Naked Rambler vows to walk on
  (BBC News, Aug 26, 2003)

• Physical Education Program (PEP) grants available through Project Adventure
  (OutdoorEd.com, 9 February, 2004)

• Naked rambler to fight on
  (BBC News, 26 February, 2004)

• The man who fell to earth: Interview with Joe Simpson, author of mountaineering epic "Touching the Void"
  (Jasper Rees, The Age, 8 February, 2004)

• New look website for the Institute for Outdoor Learning
  (30 January, 2004, Cumbria, UK)

• Artificial adventure, recreation & leisure environments
  (James Neill, 2 March, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Adventure travel & adventure tourism: What is it?  Why do it?  Who does it?  How to do it!
  (James Neill, 3 March, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Jed Williamson talks on mountaineering across the decades
  (Pitt News, 25 February, 2004, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)

• Ecotourism is stressing animals to death
  (iafrica.com, 8 March, 2004)