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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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Goode, Natassia; Finch, Caroline F.; Cassell, Erin; Lenne, Michael G.; Salmon, Paul M. – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics that led outdoor activity providers agree are necessary for the development of a new industry-wide incident reporting and learning system (UPLOADS). The study involved: 1) a literature review to identify a set of characteristics that are considered to be hallmarks of successful reporting…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Literature Reviews, Safety, Delphi Technique
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Wright, Michelle; Gray, Tonia – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2013
Being a woman in the outdoor learning profession can bring distinctive challenges and roadblocks. Even more difficult is sustaining a life-long career, flourishing into a woman's 50s or 60s. Based on this premise, career longevity seems elusive for some women who aspire to work in the outdoors. This paper analyses the autobiographies of three…
Descriptors: Females, Outdoor Education, Autobiographies, Career Development
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Henstock, Murray; Barker, Katrina; Knijnik, Jorge – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2013
It is difficult to provide disengaged youth, who are at risk of not fulfilling their potential, with the social support necessary to remain active contributors to society. They are more likely to fail and drop from education greatly reducing the prospect of becoming constructive, productive community members. Consequently strategies to promote…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Self Concept, Social Networks, Learner Engagement
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Robinson, Tony – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2013
Outdoor Education (OE) and Experiential Education (EE) programs are becoming increasingly popular in Victorian schools. This article is derived from findings that emerged through the interpretation of case study data gathered for my doctoral thesis of a three-phased, non-residential, EE program. This interpretation process highlighted five themes,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Outdoor Education, Case Studies
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Gray, Tonia; Martin, Peter – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2012
As Australia heads into a new era of implementing a National Curriculum, the place of Outdoor Education in Australian schools is under question. In the initial drafts of the National Curriculum, Outdoor Education has been marginalised. The authors propose that Outdoor Education should maintain a strong role, especially as processes of experiential…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Brookes, Andrew – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
This paper is part of an on-going project to examine outdoor education related deaths in Australia since 1960. It records 17 incidents not previously recorded in papers in this series (Brookes, 2003a, 2003b, 2004, 2007), in which 15 participants, two supervisors or teachers, and one member of the public died. Eleven of the incidents occurred since…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Death, Foreign Countries