What is outdoor education?
Outdoor education
engages students in adventurous and environmental activities in the
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What are the goals of outdoor education?
The goals of outdoor education are often understanding of self, others, and the environment... -
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What kinds of outdoor education programs are there?
Outdoor education comes in many forms including:
Fields related to outdoor education
Related fields include:
Outcomes Education Quotes
“Adventure education
is a recent phenomenon in the widespread business of teaching and learning.
Its emergence has, ironically, coincided with the decline of the wilderness
resource upon which it depends....”
- Miles, 1990, p.327
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Outdoor education theory
Outdoor education is based on combination of:
History of outdoor education
Outdoor education is commonly believed to have started with Outward Bound in 1941, but it is really the
the original form of human education that we have been using since the beginning of
hominid evolution...more history
Future of outdoor education
Outdoor education has become increasingly popular in the second half of the 20th
century, particularly in industrialized countries, a trend that looks set to
continue (Priest & Gass, 1997). Outdoor education programs have also spread and
been adapted in more recent years in an increasingly a wide variety of
countries, including many in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Fun Guide
+Frik Outdoors 9 Videos on the web
µOutward Bound photos
Q 10 expedition rules¸Top 10 outdoor movies
,Introductory articles
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What's New?
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 Outdoor Education Daily
(news, jobs, links, quotes, photos)
Dynamically generated outdoor education news feeds, job announcements,
quotes, discussion group postings, and socially bookmarked photos and links.
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 Surviving the elements: Camping in the winter can be fun if you're
prepared
(Rob Andrejewski, 8 February, 2005, The Ithaca Journal)
"There's something I need to get out of the
way right now," Chris Arthur, an instructor with Cornell Outdoor
Education (COE) told the eight of us assembled before him. "You are
going to get cold. There's a myth that you don't get cold when you
winter camp, but that's just not true. Our job is to help you minimize
the cold and to deal with it intelligently."
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Outdoor sculpture park blends art with nature
(Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press, 28 August, 2004)
"Look at my kids, I've taken
them to the finest museums and galleries but they've come alive in this
environment where they can interact and they can smell the flowers and they
can touch things." In a marriage of art and nature that is growing ever
more popular, there are more than 500 outdoor sculpture parks around the
world, ranging from smaller spaces to large tourist destinations and education
centers.
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Growth of whitewater canoeing in the USA
(Jason Strazusio, 27 June, 2004, Associated Press)
Paddling sport and recreation appears to be in a growth
phase in terms of participation rates in the US. In particular, whitewater canoeing, a combination of flatwater and whitewater paddling
seems to be coming back into vogue. So, break out that Deliverance movie
again!
- What is adventure?
(James Neill, Outdoor Education Research & Evaluation Center)
- Reports
indicate outdoor activities on the rise in the USA
(The Outdoor Network, November 13, 2003)
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Police-run camp for middle school students with emphasis
on building self-esteem
(Fuller, 2001, Community Links, 8(1))
Does outdoor education work?
In a nutshell, yes....for example, research on over 10,000 people has found that 4
out of 5 people have more positive views about themselves as a result of
participating in outdoor education programs. What's more, these effects
seem to last very well over time.
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