Centre for Excellence in Outdoor and Environmental Education
Staff Profile
Alison Lugg
Lecturer
Room/Location: Ironbark Centre, 2.02
Ph: 5444 7845
Fx: 5444 7848
Email: a.lugg@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
- Master of Education (La Trobe University )
- Graduate Diploma in Outdoor Education (La Trobe University )
- Bachelor of Education (Rusden SCV)
Teaching Areas
- Introduction to Outdoor Education (Bed1) PE/Health (Unit Coordinator)
- Worldviews and the Environment (OE/NT1) (Unit Coordinator)
- Education in the Outdoors (OE3/NT3/Grad Dip OE)
- Teaching and Program Development (OE3)
- Concepts of Outdoor Education (Grad. Dip OE)
- Field Experience A and D (OE1 and3)
- Teaching in Rock Environments (OE3)
- Sport and Recreation B (OE/PE1) (Unit Coordinator)
Supervision
MSC theses, University of Edinburgh :
2006 Seeing through their lens: Participants' perspectives on an environmental education curriculum objective for a 90-day wilderness course.
2005 Outdoor Learning and the 5-14 National Guidelines - A comparative study of the theoretical and perceived roles of curricular outdoor learning at S1 and S2
Honours Theses, University of Edinburgh :
2005 The impact of an outdoor residential experience on 13-14 year old physical activity and fitness levels. Processes of engaging students in learning in an emotional and behavioural difficulty school.
2004 The 'Adventure Alternative' and a re-evaluation of the role of play in outdoor education .
Professional involvement
- Reviewer for the Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 2004 to present
- Reviewer for the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education 2001 to present
- Member of the UK Institute of Outdoor Learning 2004-2006
- Member of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland 2004-2006
- Australian Outdoor Education Council, (State delegate 1996-2000, Secretary and Treasurer, 1998-2000)
- Victorian Outdoor Education Association (President 1996-98, Vice Pres. 1995-'96,
Secretary 2000-2001)
- Member of Australian Association for Environmental Education
- Member of Australian Climbing Instructor's Association
- Member of Australian Professional Snowsports Instructors Association
- Board Member Tall Poppies Youth program
Research interests and teaching
Sustainability education, outdoor education pedagogy (in higher education) , environmental education through outdoor education, outdoor education curricula (higher education and schools), community development through outdoor education, gender issues in outdoor education. I am currently undertaking a PhD investigation into the role of outdoor education pedagogy in developing higher education students' sustainability literacy .
Publications
Chapters in books
Higgins, P. and Lugg, A. , 2006
The Pedagogy of People, Place and Activity: Outdoor Education at Moray House School of Education, the University of Edinburgh in Creative Diversity in Outdoor Studies Courses in Higher Education in the UK, Ed. Humberstone, B. & Brown, H., Penrith: Institute for Outdoor Learning.
Lugg, A. , 2003
Women's experience of outdoor education: Still trying to be 'one of the boys'?
in Whose Journeys? The Outdoors and Adventure as Social and Cultural Phenomena, Ed. Humberstone, Barbara, Heather, Brown & Kaye, Richards, pp. 33-48, Penrith, Cumbria: The Institute for Outdoor Learning, 1-898555-07-9.
Journal articles
Lugg, A. (under review) Sustainability Education through Outdoor Learning in Higher Education: Pedagogical possibilities and problems. Submitted to the Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning.
Lugg, A. , 2004
Outdoor adventure in Australian outdoor education: Is it a case of roast for Christmas dinner?
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 8(1), pp. 4-11.
Lugg, A. and Slattery, D., 2003
Use of national parks for outdoor environmental education: An Australian case study
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol. 3(1), pp. 77-92.
Slattery, D. and Lugg, A. , 2002
If they treated the whole world like a national park
Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 18, pp. 47-56.
Lugg, A. and Martin, P., 2001
The nature and scope of outdoor education in Victorian schools
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 5(2), pp. 42-48.
Lugg, A. , 1999
Directions in Outdoor Education Curriculum
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 4(1), pp. 25-32.
Published conference papers
Lugg, A. (2006). Sustainability Education in Higher Education Curricula: Possibilities and Issues for Outdoor Experiential Pedagogy. Proceedings of the 3 rd International Outdoor Education Research Conference, UCLAN, Penrith, 4 th -7 th July, 2006.
Lugg, A. (2005). Education for Sustainability in Higher Education Curricula
Possibilities and Issues for Experiential Pedagogy. In Proceedings of Committing Universities to Sustainable Development. International Conference, April 20-23, Graz , Austria .
Lugg, A. , 2001 Outdoor Education in Victorian Schools: The state of play in Education Outdoors - Our sense of Place:Conference Proceedings of the 12th National Outdoor Education Conference, Ed. Monica, Green, 12th National Outdoor Education Conference, La Trobe University Bendigo, 15-18, January, 2001, Bendigo, Australia: Victorian Outdoor Education Association.
Lugg, A. , 2001
Expanding Horizons: Outdoor Experiential Learning in Community Leadership Development in Te Rito o te Matauranga Experiential learning for the Third Millenium Selected Papers from the Seventh Conference of the International Consortium for Experiential Learning, vol. 2: 139-150, Ed. Nina, Richard Benton, pp. 139-152, the Seventh Conference of the International Consortium for Experiential Learning, Auckland, December, 2000, University of Auckland, December 4-8, 2000, Auckland: James Henare Maori Research Centre, University of Auckland, 0-9582366-1-5.
Lugg, A. , 1999
Changing Conceptions of Outdoor Education: A Case Study
in Proceedings of the 11th National Outdoor Education Conference, pp. 80-93, The Human Face of Outdoor Education:11th National Outdoor Education Conference, Murdoch Univeristy, Perth, Australia, January 11-15, 1999, Perth, Western Australia: Murdoch University.
Reports for external bodies
Higgins, P., Nicol, R., Lugg, A. and Allison, P., 2005
Education Outside the Classroom: Second Report of session 2004-5
Report for an external body, pp. 110-123, London : Parliamentary Education and Skills Committee Inquiry.
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