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Barnfield, Daniel; Humberstone, Barbara – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2008
Outdoor education has been shaped historically and culturally by many influences. Physically challenging activities out of doors have been appropriated by a number of traditions. These include militaristic, educational and developmental ideologies. Arguably, central to these ideologies are heterosexual, white middle class values. While women have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Homosexuality
Rothwell, Erin Witter; Siharath, Kassidy; Badger, Holly; Negley, Sandra; Piatt, Jennifer – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore a new framework for understanding group dynamics during a challenge course experience. Traditional views of group dynamics emphasize sequential stages of development, but these frameworks tend to neglect the emotional aspect of group dynamics. The group process usually includes an emotional experience, and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Group Dynamics, Emotional Experience, Interaction Process Analysis
Campbell, Liz – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2010
This study explored the response of 28, second year undergraduate students to an innovative approach to a five-day solo. Periods of solitude are more likely to lead to positive outcomes when they are freely chosen than when they are programmed as part of a course. The extent to which a programmed solo can be "freely chosen" by the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Adventure Education, Risk Management, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Thomson, Alexandra – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
This article describes a four-credit semester program at Elliot Lake Secondary School in the late 1990s. This New Trails program is based around physical education and leadership, geography, Native studies, and English credits. The students are outside much of the time. The students become certified in the use of GPS and in map and compass work,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
Kudlacek, Martin; Bocarro, Jason; Jirasek, Ivo; Hanus, Radek – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
The purpose of this article is to present the development of inclusive experiential education courses in the Czech Republic. The inclusion of people with disabilities (PWD) in recreation, sport, and education has become more prevalent in Czech society. This article describes the conceptual meaning of the term inclusion from both a historical and…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Disabilities, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Gass, Michael A.; Gillis, H. L. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2010
Supervision of therapeutic practice is one of the central professional elements of mental health practitioners. Supervision provides growth for therapists in their respective professional fields, more effective therapy for clients, and some measure of ethical protection for the welfare of clients and the public at large. However, therapists who…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Supervision, Therapy, Experiential Learning
Peacock, Alison – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2008
Children have much to learn from the natural environment and from working in partnership with each other. This article explores the real-life challenges of encouraging creative adventurous play within the perceived confines of the primary curriculum. The author shares the story of a whole-school learning adventure and aims to remind us of the…
Descriptors: School Culture, Elementary Schools, Educational Environment, Outdoor Education
Dickson, Tracey J. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2008
Facilitating the reflection upon outdoor and adventure experiences is a common practice for many leaders and instructors. This article draws upon visual semiotics to provide reflections upon three images from books that originate from within the dominant North American paradigm. These musings are from one Antipodean's perspective, who may see the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Semiotics, Experiential Learning, Literature Reviews
Paisley, Karen; Furman, Nathan; Sibthorp, Jim; Gookin, John – Journal of Experiential Education, 2008
While much attention has been paid to what students learn in outdoor education settings, little has been paid to the process through which that learning occurs. The purpose of this study was to identify the mechanisms through which students report learning one of six targeted objectives on courses offered by the National Outdoor Leadership School.…
Descriptors: Outdoor Leadership, Adventure Education, Outdoor Education, Student Participation
Thatcher, Chad Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Self-awareness, cultural competency, environmental consciousness, and economic empathy are often achieved through study abroad travel experiences. This phenomenological study was intended to shed light on the international backpacking study abroad experiences for college students, describing the phenomenon from the perspective of the participants…
Descriptors: Photography, Travel, State Colleges, Global Approach
Thomas, Glyn; Potter, Tom; Allison, Pete – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2009
We provide an analysis of refereed papers published in the "Australian Journal of Outdoor Education," the "Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning," and the "Journal of Experiential Education" over the last decade. We developed a framework to classify the papers in terms of the authors' affiliations, the…
Descriptors: Publications, Journal Articles, Literature Reviews, Outdoor Education
Zmudy, Mark H.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Steffen, Jeff – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2009
A relatively small number of researchers have found it interesting and useful to examine why and how persons choose to be and become adventure educators (AEs) and why they teach as they do. The implications of this knowledge are: (1) gaining insight into novice AEs' perceptions of what is required to provide in-depth and high quality instruction…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Adventure Education, Socialization, Qualitative Research
Woollven, Rowland; Allison, Pete; Higgins, Peter – Journal of Experiential Education, 2007
The Lyme Bay kayaking incident of 1993, in which four children died, led to an Act of Parliament and the introduction by the British Government of the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA), a body established to regulate adventurous recreational and educational outdoor activities. The perception at the time, a view to which some …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Activities, Certification, Adventure Education
Turke, Emily; Fox, Leigh Ann – Journal of the Wilderness Education Association, 2008
Over the summer, ten students participated in a ten day Wilderness Education Association backpacking course set in Wyoming and the Grand Tetons. This field experience course was a supplemental class that would apply all leadership, climbing skills and risk management knowledge that Parks and Recreation Management (PRM) students learn in the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Risk Management, Experiential Learning, Parks
Wilson, Jackson – Journal of the Wilderness Education Association, 2008
The Wilderness Education Association (WEA) is increasingly offering more international courses (Williams, 2007). Recent examples of such courses have included courses operating in Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, and East Africa. This article compares the ethnographic data resulting from a recent 14 day Wilderness Stewardship Course in Taiwan…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods