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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Piersol, Laura – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2014
Within the field of outdoor education, some theorists argue that although leaps and gains have been made in terms of educating for the intrapersonal or "self"-development, they have come at the expense of the development of equally important relations with the local land and community (Hales, 2006; Loynes, 2002). Given this foregrounding…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, College Faculty, Educational Research, Researchers
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North, Chris; Jansen, Chris – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2013
This article explores our experiences as faculty implementing a five year sustainability strategic plan within the Outdoor and Environmental Education (OEE) curriculum centre during a time of organisational restructuring. This paper builds on the work of Jansen and Boardman (2011) who describe the process of developing the strategic plan and some…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Program Implementation, Strategic Planning, Outdoor Education
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Preston, Lou – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2012
In this article, I draw on a qualitative longitudinal study to explore the influence of a tertiary Outdoor and Environmental Education (OEE) course on the formation of environmental ethics among students. In this task, I bring together Lave & Wenger (1991) and Wenger's (1998) concept of "communities of practice" and Michel Foucault's later work on…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Communities of Practice, Longitudinal Studies