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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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Developing Sustainability-Literate Citizens through Outdoor Learning: Possibilities for Outdoor Education in Higher Education
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Lugg, Alison – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2007
UNESCO's challenge to Higher Education institutions to provide educational leadership in sustainable development, provides an impetus to develop innovative, interdisciplinary curricula and pedagogy. Whereas Higher Education curricula in sustainability and sustainable development have tended to come from the environmental sciences, recent studies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Use of National Parks for Outdoor Environmental Education: An Australian Case Study.
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Lugg, Alison; Slattery, Deirdre – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2003
A study examined the objectives of outdoor education teachers and park staff involved in secondary school visits to Victoria (Australia) national parks. Interviews with teachers and park staff, observations, and document analysis indicate that outdoor education teachers needed training in socially critical environmental education, ecology, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives