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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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Methodology in Outdoor Research: Approaches from an Alternative Discourse
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Rea, Tony – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2008
Powerful, dominant discourses surrounding neo-Hahnian theory (as discussed by Brookes in 2003) and effectiveness (as discussed by Hargreaves and Fullan in 1998, for example) have influenced both practice and research in outdoor adventure education. This has led to a concentration of research that focuses on the impact of outdoor programmes. It has…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Educational Research
"It's Not as if We've Been Teaching Them..." Reflective Thinking in the Outdoor Classroom
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Rea, Tony – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2006
Research undertaken during a six week mountaineering expedition to Iceland in July 2003 set out to investigate approaches to facilitating the reflective process in 20 participants aged between 14 and 18. A number of models were examined to help determine the educational philosophy underpinning the expedition. The research methods involved…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Educational Philosophy, Research Methodology, Reflection