We are pleased to announce the 2008 issue of the New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education and the call for manuscripts for the 2009 and 2010 issues.

The 2008 issue includes:

• Outdoor Education: Opportunities provided by a place based approach.Mike Brown
• Situational leadership for developing group culture Chris Jansen
• Weaving the threads: challenges encountered while educating for sustainability in outdoor education David Irwin
• An Economic Impact Scale for Outdoor Health and Safety Management W Guy Scott & Helen M Scott
• Sense of Community Among High Mountain Travellers in South America Mary Breunig &Timothy S. OConnell

The 2009 issue will be a standard issue and we are now accepting submissions. Contributor guidelines are included below. 

2010 Special Edition on Place-based approaches to Outdoor Education 

The NZJOE will present its first special issue in 2010. This themed issue will focus on research and practice related to place-based approaches to outdoor education.

It has been suggested that our experiences of places are fundamental and inseparable from our lived experiences of the world (Park, 1995; Wattchow, 2006). Place is not merely the geographical location of activity, rather it is a means of understanding the overlapping realms of individual, cultural and natural phenomena in human experience. This issue is interested in exploring outdoor educations role in understanding place and the potential for addressing issues of placelessness.

This special edition aims to provide a fresh perspective on approaches to outdoor education which take situated and place-based aspects of education as a central tenet of learning, knowing and acting. Presentation of exemplary programmes, critical examination of emerging issues, and new perspectives that contest or extend existing theories and practices are welcomed.

Papers from New Zealand based students, researchers and practitioners are particularly welcomed along with papers from overseas contributors that specifically address issues of relevance to New Zealand outdoor adventure education theory/practice. Papers with a focus on Maori perspectives of place and connections with the land in outdoor education are particularly welcomed and encouraged.

Manuscripts should conform to the requirements laid out in the Notes for Contributors in this issue of the journal. Enquiries regarding this special issue should be addressed to the guest editor.

Contributions should be submitted no later than November 2009 to the Guest Editor: Dr Mike Brown at michaelb at waikato.ac.nz

Park, G. (1995). Nga Uruora: The groves of life. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
Wattchow, B. (2006). The experience of river places in outdoor education: A phenomenological study. Unpublished Doctorate, Monash University, Melbourne.

Contributor Guidelines

Manuscript Submission

1. Writers should submit an electronic copy of their manuscript by e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word or RTF document format to Dr Shayne Galloway, Editor, New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education, School of Physical Education, University of Otago, at: shayne.galloway at otago.ac.nz

2. The journal follows the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (2001), particularly for the citation of references and the format of the reference list. Articles should be 1500 to 5000 words in length, formatted for A4 paper including an abstract of no more than 150 words, and 3 to 5 keywords that describe the main topic.  The manuscript should be typed in size 12 Times New Roman, double-spaced, on one side of the page, with page numbers included.

3. The title page should include the title of the paper (no longer than 12 words), authors name and institution and a physical address, phone number, and an email address for correspondence.  A word count for the manuscript is required. A brief biographical statement is also required (50 words maximum).

4. The abstract should follow the title page and include the title of the manuscript, but NOT the name of the author(s). The abstract should summarize the main points of the article, and be no more than 150 words in length.

5. The manuscript must follow APA (5th edition) guidelines. Headings, tables, figures and photographs etc should be formatted accordingly. Each should be referred to in the text and be numbered consecutively.  Footnotes should not be used unless necessary.

6. New writers are encouraged to use a peer review process with their own academic colleagues as informal referees before submitting a paper for consideration.

Manuscript Processing

1. All manuscripts will be acknowledged when received, without obligation for publication.

2. A manuscript is sent to members of the Editorial Board to read as part of the blind peer review process.  They will make comments on the paper in terms of its appropriateness for the journal, quality of the literature, methodology (where appropriate), analysis, conclusions and originality. They will also provide constructive feedback on effective writing to emerging writers.  This report will form the basis of acceptance, rejection or required modifications to a paper before publication.

3. Authors will be advised within two months of the date of submission of the results of the review process.