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Direct linkCameron Van der Smee; Josh Ambrosy; Alex Prins – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause global upheaval. It had a significant impact on the field of education, with multiple lockdowns changing the nature of teaching. This has been particularly challenging for early career academics (ECA) who already experience heightened stresses in the field of academia. This article explores the impact of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Faculty, Health Education
Karen Nociti – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2024
This article proposes the diffractive practice of blogging-with Place as an alternative to a reflective journal. Reflective practice is a priority for teachers, with reflective journaling often employed as a method for documenting a teacher's experiences and knowledge about sites that are intended for place-based teaching and learning. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Reflective Teaching, Early Childhood Education
Patrick Filipe Conway; Kathy Chau Rohn – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
Colleges and universities have recently focused more attention on incorporating high-impact practices into their curricula, often under the auspices of the potential benefits such practices have for developmental growth and student success (Lange & Stewart, 2019). Outdoor adventure education represents an experiential practice where students…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Experiential Learning
Download full textCansu Yildiz Tasdemir; Tülin Güler Yildiz – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2024
The study aimed to investigate preschool children's learning needs related to science and their teachers' science activity practices. A basic qualitative research design was applied. Interviews were conducted with 15 preschool teachers and 48 children living in Ankara and subjected to content analysis. It was found that teachers mostly carried out…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Science Activities
Muzaffer Toprak Keskin; Özlem Alagül; Ferda Gürsel – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
The aim of this case study was to examine how the life skills of high school students are affected by holistic learning via an experiential learning model. Extracurricular programs can help students gain communicate and cooperate with others, and cope with chaotic situations through holistic learning in school curricula. The students received…
Descriptors: High School Students, Males, Grade 11, Daily Living Skills
Carina Ribe Fernee; Sophia Louise Hjorth Wahlgren; Lise Katrine Jepsen Trangsrud – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2024
A wealth of studies demonstrate the associations between nature contact and well-being, and gradually, nature-based solutions are becoming more widespread in mental health care and recovery. While emotion-focused therapies generally show promising results, evidence of nature-based family therapy is still scarce. In a forthcoming clinical trial at…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Environment, Well Being, Correlation
Barbara Humberstone; Geoff Cooper; Di Collins – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
This study examines the perspectives and experiences of older lifelong participants in outdoor education/recreation. 32 participants, women (11) and men (21), aged 60-84 provided narratives of their lifelong engagements in the outdoors in nature-based activities. They were invited to write freely on their early experiences and their current…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Outdoor Education, Recreational Activities, Older Adults
Annericke Leonard; Tatiana Tairi; Neville M. Blampied – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
Surf therapy programs have been successfully utilised with vulnerable populations worldwide. This study is the first to examine the effects of a surf therapy program on the psychosocial functioning of young men at high risk of adverse life outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. A single-group pre-test post-test research design, with repeated measures…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Males, Aquatic Sports, Therapy
Brian Wattchow – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2024
This paper is an adapted version of the Brian Nettleton Lecture given at the Outdoors Victoria Conference, 2022. It explores how the last two decades have seen an ever-accelerating Digital Revolution which has impacted on almost every aspect of human experience to the point that it is now omnipresent. Life is now mediated through the screen. As a…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Trends
Carrie Kavanaugh Brun – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This action research study explored the challenge of evoking wonder among fourth graders within one Catholic School, using an integrative STEM educational approach. Cognitive constructivism, social constructivism, and situated learning theory guided this qualitative case study. Twenty-one students learned about the Fibonacci sequence and Golden…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Catholic Schools, Psychological Patterns, Learner Engagement
Higley, Corrine; Hayes, Daniel – Natural Sciences Education, 2020
Experiential learning is a pedagogical technique that places students in direct contact with the material being studied. Students progress through four stages in a continuous cycle of learning. Because it is conceptualized as a continuous cycle, we question whether student comprehension varies according to where in the learning cycle they begin.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities
Boileau, Elizabeth Y. S.; Dabaja, Ziad F. – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2020
Over the last decade, interest in nature-based educational programs has been growing in Canada, yet there has been little research on the nature of these programs and how they are being implemented. This small-scale study provides baseline information on the characteristics of Canadian Forest Schools, the challenges that educators face in starting…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Institutional Characteristics
Quay, John; Gray, Tonia; Thomas, Glyn; Allen-Craig, Sandy; Asfeldt, Morten; Andkjaer, Soren; Beames, Simon; Cosgriff, Marg; Dyment, Janet; Higgins, Pete; Ho, Susanna; Leather, Mark; Mitten, Denise; Morse, Marcus; Neill, James; North, Chris; Passy, Rowena; Pedersen-Gurholt, Kirsti; Polley, Scott; Stewart, Alistair; Takano, Takako; Waite, Sue; Foley, Dorothy – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2020
This is an unusual article in that it brings together the perspectives of many on this journal's editorial board, around the issue of contending with COVID-19. Twenty statements showcase a range of thoughts and experiences, highlighting the differences and similarities in the way the pandemic is impacting on the educational practice of outdoor and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Educational Practices, Disease Control
Mousa, Manal Omar – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
Learning should be assisted by both outdoor and in-class activities that contribute to knowledge structuring. Students can energetically participate in outdoor actions and learn by doing. Learning requires an unlimited deal of participation and effort. These activities that afford firsthand experiences, support EFL students in putting theory into…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Language Arts, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Speldewinde, Christopher – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Prior to approaching any field site activity, the question of how researchers in education will interact with the participants in terms of positionality requires careful thought. Observation is often used by educators and researchers as a means of collecting informal data on children's development and learning in early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Researchers, Outdoor Education, Observation
