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Outdoor Education Research A-Z

Massive archive of links to hundreds of pieces of ‘research in the fields of Adventure Education, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Learning, Experiential Education or Friluftsliv’, including ‘provocative writing’, literature reviews, articles, reports & dissertations, journals and discussion lists, created by Dr Roger Greenaway.

Outdoor Experiences for Young Children ERIC Digest.

Go to website and search 'outdoor experiences for young children.'

‘Considers the rationale for outdoor experience among young children and the reasons for its decline in popularity. It also presents arguments for enhancing school and center playspaces and provides guidelines for developmentally appropriate outdoor design.’ With full and thorough research references.
ERIC Digests (short reports on education topics), December 2000.

Other relevant reports available on the ERIC Digests website include:

Outdoor Education: Definition and Philosophy, 1986
Outdoor Education and the Development of Civic Responsibility, 1999
Outdoor Education and Environmental Responsibility, 1997
Outdoor Education and Troubled Youth, 1995
Outdoor, Experiential, and Environmental Education: Converging or Diverging Approaches? c2002
Establishing an Outdoor Education Organization, 1986
Place-Based Curriculum and Instruction: Outdoor and Environmental Education Approaches, 2000
Recommended Competencies for Outdoor Educators, 1996
Teaching Environmental Education Using Out-of-School Settings and Mass Media, Cognitive Learning in the Environment: Elementary Students, 1987.

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