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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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The Operation and Impact of Participants' Trans-Expedition Reflective Practice: Structuring and Optimising the Transfer Process
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Hickman, Mark; Collins, Dave – Pastoral Care in Education, 2014
With gap year activities, including expeditions, for young people worth an estimated £2 billion annually, the subject of transfer (or ensuring that outcomes offer positive benefits to participants' general lives) from these experiences is an important topic in outdoor education. This paper argues that many of the claims for a positive…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Outdoor Education, Transfer of Training, Reflection
Learning through Expeditions: The Need for Method as Well as Opportunity--A Response to Allison and Von Wald (2010)
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Tozer, Mark; Collins, Dave; Hathaway, Tanya – Pastoral Care in Education, 2011
Allison and Von Wald (2010) highlight the substantial opportunities presented by expeditions to address the crucial topic of personal and social development. The present paper wishes to address the apparent oversight of transfer within such learning experiences. Issues that need to be addressed if the impact of transfer is to be optimised are…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Social Development, Values, Individual Development