Education

School of Outdoor Education & Environment

International Outdoor Education Research Conference

La Trobe University Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, July 6-9, 2004

Connections and Disconnections: Examining the reality and rhetoric. International perspectives on outdoor education theory and practice.

Conference Papers

The papers are listed below in alphabetical order of the primary author. For a brief overview of each paper, please read the abstracts. Clicking on the title of each paper will open a PDF file.

A CD of the papers is available at a cost of $A20. Please contact Claire McCann by email for further details. c.mccann@latrobe.edu.au

Conference papers have been blind peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. Judgements were made concerning the suitability of the papers for inclusion in the research conference and proceedings. Many papers describe completed research or are well articulated academic discourse. In several cases papers were accepted as 'works in progress' in keeping with the underlying intent of the conference to foster inquiry and promote dialogue for both experienced and beginning researchers. As a consequence, some of the papers included here are not as polished as would normally be expected in a refereed journal.

Selected papers from the conference will be submitted for publication in future editions of the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education and will be further reviewed as part of that process.

Conference Academic Committee:

*Andrew Brookes (Chair), La Trobe University
Professor Barbara Humberstone, BUC UK
Dr Jackie Kiewa, La Trobe University
Dr Pip Lynch, Lincoln University NZ
*Dr Peter Martin, La Trobe University
Dr Peter Higgins, Edinburgh University

The academic committee reviewed the abstracts and oversaw the review of the papers.
*Compiled the papers for the proceedings.

Proceedings copyright La Trobe University, Bendigo 2004
Papers copyright the authors 2004

Climbing Mount Everest?: combining career and family in outdoor education
Dr Linda Allin, Northumbria University, UK

Transitions and turning points: understanding the career decisions of outdoor professionals
Dr Linda Allin, Northumbria University, UK
Professor Barbara Humberstone PhD, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK

Outdoor Education an actual reality experience
Matt Barker, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Charting the margins of experience through the lens of a 'vulnerable observer'
Genny Blades, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

Beliefs and Values of Teachers in Outdoor Education (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.
Andrew Brookes, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

Globalisation, image politics and outdoor education (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 (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.
Peter Burridge, Victoria University, Australia

Attempting Environmental Education Reform: Initiation and Implementation of Programmatic, Outdoor Environmental Learning into Public School Curricula
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
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
Associate Professor Annette Gough, Deakin University, Australia

Re/de/signing the world: poststructuralism, deconstruction and 'reality' in outdoor education research
Associate Professor Noel Gough, Deakin University, Australia
Warren Sellers

The Contribution of Phenomenography to Study Individuals' Meanings of Environmental Responsibility
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
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
Mark Jones, Auckland University of Technology

A picture is worth...capturing meaning and facilitating connections using outdoor education students' photographs
Associate Professor T.A. Loeffler, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Adventures in Paradox
Dr Pip Lynch, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Kevin Moore, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Community-based outdoor education for reality of place
Associate Professor MAEDA Kazushi , Hokkaido University of Education, Japan

Outdoor education for human/nature relationships
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.
Beth Mc Leod, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Sandy Allen Craig, Australian Catholic University, Australia

A Psycho-Evolutionary Theory of Outdoor Education (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 (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
Lou Preston, University of Ballarat, Australia
Amma Griffiths, University of Ballarat, Australia

Knowing how and knowing that: a tale of two ontologies
John Quay, The University of Melbourne, Australia

The Necessary Role of Outdoor Education in Education Process.
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
Deirdre Slattery, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

Decolonising encounters with the Murray River: a case study.
Alistair Stewart, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

Developing social capital through outdoor education in Cumbria: a case study
Fiona Stoddart, University of Central Lancashire, UK

Freedom of the hills
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
TAKANO Takako, University of Edinburgh, UK

Skills and thrills in outdoor environmental education: A contradiction or beautiful tension?
Glyn Thomas, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

Death by adventure - could you manage a fatal accident in the outdoors?
Peter Vaughan, Avondale College, Australia

An exploratory analysis of anticipated benefits and their importance in outdoor adventure recreation programs: are outcomes equitable across gender?
Dr Alison Voight, Indiana University, USA

Lived-experience in outdoor education: Explorations for the educational practitioner / researcher
Brian Wattchow, Monash University, Australia

Their words / their voices: student perspectives' of the Camp Mallana outdoor education experience.
Brian Wattchow, Monash University, Australia
Dave Johnson, Monash University, Australia