Resources
Staff in the Faculty of Education - Outdoor and Environmental Education make a significant contribution to the body of knowledge in the outdoor and environmental education fields.
Outdoor education curriculum
Brookes, A. (2004). Astride a long-dead horse. Mainstream outdoor education theory and the central curriculum problem. (PDF 177KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 8(2), 22-33.
Brookes, A. (2003). A critique of neo-Hahnian outdoor education theory. Part two: ‘the fundamental attribution error’ in contemporary outdoor education discourse. (PDF 233KB) Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 3(2), 119-132.
Brookes, A. (2003). A critique of neo-Hahnian outdoor education theory. Part one: challenges to the concept of ‘character building’. (PDF 207KB) Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 3(1), 49-62.
Brookes, A. (2002). Lost in the Australian bush: outdoor education as curriculum. (PDF 158KB) Journal of Curriculum Studies, 34(4), 405-425.
Gough, Noel. (2008). Ecology, ecocriticism and learning: how do places become 'pedagogical'? Transnational Curriculum Inquiry, 5(1), 71-86. http://nitinat.library.ubc.ca/ojs/index.php/tci/article/view/277/280
Thomas, G. J. (2005b). Traditional adventure activities in outdoor environmental education, (PDF 533KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 9(1), 31-39.
Outdoor leadership and facilitation
Thomas, G. J. (in press). Difficult groups or difficult facilitators? Three steps facilitators can take to make sure they are not the problem. (PDF 182KB) In S. Schuman (Ed.), Working with difficult groups. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Thomas, G. J. (in press). Facilitator, teacher, or leader? Managing conflicting roles in outdoor education. (PDF 321KB) Journal of Experiential Education.
Thomas, G. J. (2008). When research content reflects research process: Unexpected but welcome symmetries. (PDF 235KB) Qualitative Research Journal, 8(2), 2-13.
Thomas, G. J. (2008). Facilitate first thyself: The importance of person-centered approaches to facilitator education. (PDF 366KB) Journal of Experiential Education, 31(2), 168-188.
Thomas, G. J. (2008). Preparing facilitators for experiential education: The role of intentionality and intuition. (PDF 399KB) Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, 8(1), 3—20.
Thomas, G. J. (2007). Skill instruction in outdoor leadership: A comparison of a direct instruction model and a discovery-learning model. (PDF 156KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 11(2), 10-18.
Thomas, G. J. (2006). Facilitator education: Learning from group counselor education. (PDF 1.16MB) Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal, 7, 3-12.
Thomas, G. J. (2005a). Facilitation in education for the environment. (PDF 252KB) Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 21, 107-116.
Thomas, G. J. (2005c). Dimensions of facilitator education. (PDF 290KB) In S. Schuman (Ed.), The IAF handbook of group facilitation: Best practices from the leading organisation in facilitation (pp. 525-541). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Place-focussed outdoor education
Blades, G. (2005) "If you don't mind going places without a map, follow me:" Re-stor(y)ing of self, place and educator. (PDF 166KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. Vol. 9 (2), pp. 3 - 13.
Stewart, A. (2006). Seeing the trees and the forest: Attending to Australian natural history as if it mattered. (PDF 117KB) Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 22 (2), 85-97.
Stewart, A. (2004). Decolonising encounters with the Murray River: Building place responsive outdoor education. (PDF 141KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education , 8(2), 46-55.
Stewart, A. (2004). Canoeing the Murray River (Australia) as environmental education: A tale of tale of two rivers. (PDF 115KB) Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 9, 136-147.
Stewart, A. (2003). Reinvigorating our love of our home range: Exploring the connections between sense of place and outdoor education.(PDF 124KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 7(2), 17-24.
Environmental education
Gough, Annette, & Gough, Noel. (in press). Environmental education. (PDF 149KB) In Craig Kridel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Gough, Noel and Price, Leigh (2004) Rewording the world: poststructuralism, deconstruction and the 'real' in environmental education. (PDF 819KB) Southern African Journal of Environmental Education . 21: 23-36.
Gough, Noel, Gough, Annette, Appelbaum, Peter, Appelbaum, Sophia, Doll, Mary Aswell and Sellers, Warren (2003) Tales from Camp Wilde : queer(y)ing environmental education research. (PDF 2MB) Canadian Journal of Environmental Education , 8: 44-66.
Gough, Noel (2002) Thinking/acting locally/globally: Western science and environmental education in a global knowledge economy. (PDF 352KB) International Journal of Science Education 24 (11): 1217-1237.
Gough, Noel (2002) Ignorance in environmental education research. (PDF 52KB) Australian Journal of Environmental Education 18: 19-26.
Gough, Noel (2002) Rethinking globalisation. (PDF 62.9KB) Australian Journal of Environmental Education 18: 87-89.
Human-nature relationships
Martin, P. (2007). Caring for the Environment: Challenges from the notions of caring. (PDF 73.5KB) Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 23, 57-64
Martin, P. (2004). Outdoor Education for Human/Nature Relationships. (PDF 185KB) Paper presented at : Connections and Disconnections: Examining the reality and rhetoric. International perspectives on outdoor education theory and practice, La Trobe University Bendigo.
Martin, P. (2004) Outdoor Adventure in Promoting Relationships with Nature. (PDF 187KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. vol. 8, 1, pp. 20-28.
Safety Management
Brookes, A. (2007). Preventing death and serious injury from falling trees and branches. (PDF 395KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 11(2), 50-59.
Brookes, A. (2007). Research update: Outdoor education fatalities in Australia. (PDF 236KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 11(1), 3-9.
Brookes, A. (2004). Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 3. Environmental circumstances. (PDF 172 KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 8(1), 44-56.
Brookes, A. (2003). Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 2. Contributing circumstances: supervision, first aid, and rescue. (PDF 181KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 7(2), 34-42.
Brookes, A. (2003). Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 1. Summary of incidents and introduction to fatality analysis. (PDF 233KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 7 (2002)(1), 20-35.
Professional Issues
Martin, P. (2008). Teacher qualification guidelines, ecological literacy and outdoor education. (PDF 149KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 12(2), 32-38.
Martin, P. (2008). Outdoor Education in senior schooling: clarifying the body of knowledge. (PDF 779KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 12(1), 13-24.
Munge, B. (2009). From the outside looking in: A study of Australian employers' perceptions of graduates from outdoor education degree programs. (PDF 231KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 13(1), 30-38.
Parks Management and Interpretation
Slattery B. J., Ralph, D., & Slattery D. A. (2008) Vagabond. The Story of Charles Sanger. (PDF 209KB) Castlemaine: Friends of Box-Ironbark Forests.
Slattery, D. (2008). Review of Henderson, B. & Vikander, N. (2007). Nature first: Outdoor life the friluftsliv way. (PDF 139KB) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 12(1), 44-46.
Slattery B. J. & Slattery D. A. (2005) Exclusion or Engagement? Cultural Obstacles To Restricting Access In National Parks. (PDF 65KB) Historic Environment Journal. Canberra: Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Slattery, D. A. (2005) For Sale – Scotland’s most famous mountain range: land ‘ownership’ in Scotland and Australia, (PDF 220KB) Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. 5, 2, pp. 119-130.
Conferences
The Fourth International Outdoor Education Research Conference
La Trobe University, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, April 15-18, 2009
The Fourth International Outdoor Education Research Conference was hosted by the Faculty of Education - Outdoor and Environmental Education at La Trobe University. The conference was held at the University’s Beechworth campus in north-eastern Victoria. The conference built on the three previous conferences held at Buckinghamshire-Chilterns University (UK) in 2002, La Trobe University (Australia) in 2004, and the University of Central Lancashire (UK) in 2006, and continues to promote and foster an international community of researchers whose work critically examines outdoor education theory and practice.
2009 Conference Papers
Outdoor Education in New Zealand – a comparative and cultural perspective(PDF 1.58MB)
Soren Andkjaer,University of Southern Denmark
Outdoor adventures for the third age(PDF 174KB)
Mike Boyes, University of Otago, New Zealand
Out of the head and into the world: Situated perspectives on learning(PDF 192KB)
Mike Brown, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
Family travel around Australia as vernacular outdoor education (PDF 4MB)
Andrew Brookes, La Trobe University, Australia
A research perspective on cultish aspects of outdoor adventure education (PDF 230KB)
Andrew Brookes, La Trobe University, Australia
Who am I? A teacher’s journey in the process of facilitation(PDF 131KB)
Prerna Goel, La Trobe University, Australia
Complexity reduction in outdoor/environmental education: by whom, for whom, and in whose interests?(PDF 1.59MB)
Noel Gough,La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia
Environmental Education and National Parks, a case study of Exmoor(PDF 189KB)
Dave Gurnett, University of Plymouth, England
Well-being and Outdoor Pedagogies in Primary Schooling (PDF 180KB)
Barbara Humberstone & Ina Stan, Buckinghamshire New University, England
Cultural dimensions of outdoor education in Mt Koya, Japan: Co-existing patterns of universalist and local outdoor education approaches(PDF 260 KB)
Yasunori Kameoka, La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia
Overseas Community Service-Learning Expedition and Development of Personal Capabilities in Youths(PDF 89KB)
Lee Mah Ngee & Tay-Koay Siew Luan, University of Tunku Abdul Rahman & Nanying Technological University, Malaysia & Nanying Technological University, Singapore
How should we teach environmental literacy? Critical reflections on virtual teaching and learning experiences.
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Alison Lugg & Lesley Hodgson, La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia
Re-telling the Snowy River: Exploring connections between river guides, the experience of place, and outdoor education.(PDF 1.39MB)
Marc Mullins & Dr Brian Wattchow, City of Greater Geelong & Monash University
Factors affecting field-based natural history education: what the students say (PDF 361KB)
Gregg Muller & Alistair Stewart, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Quiet Time: A sense of solitude.(PDF 65KB)
Val Nicholls, The Wilderness Program, Tasmania
Learning from a review of research on outdoor learning (PDF 527KB)
Kathleen Pleasants, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
The Effect of Outdoor Education on Students’ Social Emotional Competencies Development and Engagement in Classroom (PDF 89KB)
Hanif Abdul Rahman, Zhenghua Secondary School, Singapore
Bushwalking and access: Byles, Dunphy and the Kosciusko Primitive Area debate 1943-6(PDF 167KB)
Deirdre Slattery, La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia
Learning from Real Life ‘Extraordinary’ Outdoor Leaders(PDF 197 KB)
Heidi Smith, University of Tasmania, Australia
Control as an Educational Tool and Its Impact on the Outdoor Educational Process(PDF 142 KB)
Ina Stan, Buckinghamshire New University, England
Windows into other worlds: The role of imagination in outdoor education (PDF 125KB)
Alistair Steward, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Outdoor leadership education: Do recent textbooks focus on what is important to effective practice?(PDF 2 MB)
Glyn Thomas, La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia
Outdoor learning for children aged 2-11: perceived barriers, potential solutions.(PDF 207 KB)
Sue Waite, University of Plymouth, England
Methods for exploring how pedagogies are shaped in outdoor contexts.(PDF 168 KB)
Sue Waite, Marie Nichols, Miles Opie & Julie Evans, University of Plymouth & University College Plymouth, England
Raising aspirations and celebrating success: evaluating the impact of a widening participation programme of outdoor education on a socially excluded group of unemployed Dads
(PDF 182KB) Andy Williams, Trinity University College, Wales
International Outdoor Education Research Conference
La Trobe University Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, July 6-9, 2004
This symposium aimed to focus on the role of research in exploring how the field addresses its claims. It asked: With what kinds of relationships and knowledge is outdoor education concerned? How important is the cultural and geographical context or the pedagogical process in developing such relationships? What is the role of broader social, cultural or education theory in understanding outdoor education? What are the connections between theory and practice and what are future directions for the field?
2004 Conference Papers
Climbing Mount Everest?: combining career and family in outdoor education(PDF 166KB)
Dr Linda Allin, Northumbria University, UK
Transitions and turning points: understanding the career decisions of outdoor professionals (PDF 145KB)
Dr Linda Allin, Northumbria University, UK
Professor Barbara Humberstone PhD, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK
Outdoor Education an actual reality experience(PDF 71KB)
Matt Barker, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Charting the margins of experience through the lens of a 'vulnerable observer'(PDF 164KB)
Genny Blades, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Beliefs and Values of Teachers in Outdoor Education (PDF 45KB)(abstract only, paper submitted at the conference)
Dr Mike Boyes, Otago University, New Zealand, Robyn Zink, Otago University, New Zealand
Can outdoor education be dispensed with? A critical review of some common rationales for outdoor education.(PDF 128KB)
Andrew Brookes, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Globalisation, image politics and outdoor education (PDF 68KB)(abstract only, paper submitted at the conference)
Dr Mike Brown, Monash University, Australia, Associate Professor Lindsay Fitzclarence, Monash University, Australia
Extreme Sports: A challenge to phenomenology (PDF 46KB)(abstract only, paper submitted at the conference)
Eric Brymer, University of Wollongong, Australia, Dr Tonia Gray, University of Wollongong, Australia
Do journey style outdoor education programs lead to change? What the participants think.(PDF 145KB)
Peter Burridge, Victoria University, Australia
Attempting Environmental Education Reform: Initiation and Implementation of Programmatic, Outdoor Environmental Learning into Public School Curricula(PDF 114KB)
Jamie Carson, University of Arizona, USA, Dr. Bruce Johnson, University of Arizona, USA
Expressed Environmental Attitudes and Actual Behaviour: Exploring the Concept of Environmentally-Desirable Responses(PDF 125KB) Dr. Alan Ewert, Indiana University, USA, Dr Graeme Galloway, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Making Outdoor Education more academic: A case from the Victorian Certificate of Education(PDF 191KB)
Associate Professor Annette Gough, Deakin University, Australia
Re/de/signing the world: poststructuralism, deconstruction and 'reality' in outdoor education research(PDF 1.35MB)
Associate Professor Noel Gough, Deakin University, Australia, Warren Sellers
The Contribution of Phenomenography to Study Individuals' Meanings of Environmental Responsibility(PDF 61KB)
Robert Hales, Griffith University, Australia, Dr Mike Watkins, Griffith University, Australia
Connecting Outdoor Learning Experiences to Our Schools and Our Homes: An International Study of Teachers' Understandings of Energy in Ecological Systems and In Our Lives(PDF 138KB)
Dr. Bruce Johnson, University of Arizona, USA, Jamie Carson, University of Arizona, USA, Pierpaolo Richter, The Institute for Earth Education, Italy, Lars Wohlers, University of Lunenburg, Germany
Disconnections Between Outdoor Programs and Education Principles(PDF 11KB)
Mark Jones, Auckland University of Technology
A picture is worth...capturing meaning and facilitating connections using outdoor education students' photographs(PDF 124KB) Associate Professor T.A. Loeffler, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Adventures in Paradox(PDF 142 KB)
Dr Pip Lynch, Lincoln University, New Zealand, Kevin Moore, Lincoln University, New Zealand (PDF 142 KB)
Community-based outdoor education for reality of place(PDF 134 KB)
Associate Professor MAEDA Kazushi , Hokkaido University of Education, Japan
Outdoor education for human/nature relationships(PDF 182KB)
Dr. Peter Martin, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
An Evaluation of Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education school program on the Life Effectiveness skills of middle school boys.(PDF 208KB)
Beth Mc Leod, Australian Catholic University, Australia, Sandy Allen Craig, Australian Catholic University, Australia
A Psycho-Evolutionary Theory of Outdoor Education (PDF 149 KB)(abstract only, paper submitted at the conference)
James Neill, University of Canberra, Australia, Graham Ellis-Smith, Kadjinny Enterprises, Australia, Kaushal Desai, Adventure India, India, Ricardo Sierra, Hawk Circle Wilderness Programs, USA, Dr Tonia Gray, University of Wollongong, Australia
Connections and Disconnections: Traditional and Emerging Technology in Outdoor Education (PDF 46KB)(abstract only, paper submitted at the conference), Associate Professor Tom G. Potter, Lakehead University, Canada, Associate Professor Brent Cuthbertson, Lakehead University, Canada
Pedagogy of connections: Findings of a collaborative action research project in outdoor and environmental education
(PDF 136KB) Lou Preston, University of Ballarat, Australia, Amma Griffiths, University of Ballarat, Australia
Knowing how and knowing that: a tale of two ontologies(PDF 118KB)
John Quay, The University of Melbourne, Australia
The Necessary Role of Outdoor Education in Education Process.(PDF 123KB)
Ni Ketut Sekar Santi IP, Benih Matahari Organization, Indonesia, Maria Mumpuni Purboningrum, Benih Matahari Organization, Indonesia
If Burke had been a naturalist... : telling and retelling national narratives(PDF 139KB)
Deirdre Slattery, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Decolonising encounters with the Murray River: a case study.(PDF 140KB)
Alistair Stewart, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Developing social capital through outdoor education in Cumbria: a case study(PDF 159KB)
Fiona Stoddart, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Freedom of the hills(PDF 135KB)
Jo Straker, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Meaning of 'connection' with the environment: findings from outdoor educational programmes in Scotland, Alaska and Nunavut(PDF 216KB)
TAKANO Takako, University of Edinburgh, UK
Skills and thrills in outdoor environmental education: A contradiction or beautiful tension?(PDF 161KB)
Glyn Thomas, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Death by adventure - could you manage a fatal accident in the outdoors?(PDF 382KB)
Peter Vaughan, Avondale College, Australia
An exploratory analysis of anticipated benefits and their importance in outdoor adventure recreation programs: are outcomes equitable across gender?(PDF 138KB)
Dr Alison Voight, Indiana University, USA
Lived-experience in outdoor education: Explorations for the educational practitioner / researcher(PDF 156KB)
Brian Wattchow, Monash University, Australia
Their words / their voices: student perspectives' of the Camp Mallana outdoor education experience.(PDF 126KB)
Brian Wattchow, Monash University, Australia, Dave Johnson, Monash University, Australia
