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Facilitator's Corner	6	Sat, Sep 13 2008
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Outdoor Education General

New Book: Outdoor Program Administration: Principles and Practices

Posted 2 months ago

by Rick Curtis
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A new book has just come out from Human Kinetics Publishing from the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) that adds to the growing list of text books that focus on outdoor education and is a great reference title for any professional's...
GREENFIRE

A Proposed New Conference Model for Outdoor Education

Posted 7 months ago

by Jay Roberts
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I have posted here previously about my views on the current conference structure/environment in outdoor/experiential education but now I would like to propose a specific way forward in the hopes that it might get some folks talking and (just maybe) get...
GREENFIRE

The Science of Experiential Learning

Posted 9 months ago

by Jay Roberts
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A recent editorial in Nature argues for more experiential, informal curriculum for students in science classes. The editorial titled: “Learning in the Wild” makes the point that informal learning environments are often much more powerful and...
Outdoor Education General

Comfort Zone: Model or metaphor?

Posted over 1 year ago

by Rick Curtis
- 1 Comments
I found this research paper from the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education by Mike Brown of the University of Waikato and wanted to share it. Mike presents a very interesting perspective on the Comfort Zone in outdoor education programming. ABSTRACT...
Outdoor Education General

The State of Outdoor Recreation in the United States

Posted over 1 year ago

by Rick Curtis
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Each year the Outdoor Industry Foundation releases it's Outdoor Recreation Participation Topline Report which presents an assessment of the level of participation in outdoor sporting activities in the United States. Monitoring these trends are key...
Outdoor Education General

Australian Study shows ongoing outdoor education program multiplies life effectiveness skills

Posted over 1 year ago

by Rick Curtis
- 0 Comments
A recent Australian study shows teenagers exposed to outdoor education programs develop real life skills that give them a huge advantage over others as they transition into adult life.The study, commissioned by Cranbrook School in Sydney, is the first...
GREENFIRE

A Call for Better Scholarship in Graduate Outdoor Education

Posted over 2 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 0 Comments
It's another year and once again my in-box is full of survey requests from well-meaning students in various outdoor education graduate programs. Over the last 10 years, I must have completed fifty of these and I am beginning to wonder about their...
GREENFIRE

An Inconvenient Education: Convocation Address at Earlham College

Posted over 2 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 0 Comments
Text of a talk given at Earlham College, Sept. 1st, 2010 for a convocation on an interdisciplinary approach to Climate Change. INTRODUCTION In the few minutes I have, I’d like to speak a bit about the role education plays in the climate change debate...
Outdoor Education General

Children & Nature Network releases Natural Leaders Network Toolkit

Posted over 2 years ago

by Outdoor Ed
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The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working nationally and internationally to reconnect children with nature. The network provides a critical link between researchers and individuals...
Outdoor Education General

Outdoor Nation: Empowering the nation's youth outdoors

Posted over 2 years ago

by Outdoor Ed
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Outdoor Nation is a growing community of young Outsiders -- artists, athletes, advocates and ambassadors -- who have joined together to champion the outdoors. This new youth-led movement will reclaim, redefine and rediscover the outdoors - building an...
GREENFIRE

Future Trends in Outdoor Education

Posted over 2 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 2 Comments
As we turn the corner away from the 00’s or the “aughts” or whatever historians will choose to call the last decade, it’s worth taking a moment to look ahead toward future trends and issues that will affect things in the outdoor...
Rick Curtis' Blog

Legislative Alert: Commercial Drivers Licenses Could be Required for Drivers of 9-15 passenger vehicles under new Senate Bill

Posted over 2 years ago

by Rick Curtis
- 0 Comments
On December 17, 2009 the Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee passed S. 554: Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2009 . It now is set to go to the full Senate. All outdoor programs should be aware of this bill and its potential impact on your program...
Rick Curtis' Blog

Professional Development For Outdoor Educators

Posted over 3 years ago

by Rick Curtis
- 0 Comments
Fall is coming and for many of us, particularly in college and universities, our busy season is starting. In just a few weeks I'll be sending out almost 1,000 students on 6-day backpacking trips across the east coast. In order to help other people...
Rick Curtis' Blog

When someone you know dies in the wilderness, it's not always the end - National Geographic Adventurer article by Andrew McCarthy

Posted over 3 years ago

by Outdoor Ed
- 0 Comments
On June 26, 1996 a tragedy took place on a NOLS course in the Absaroka Range in Wyoming. It was day 24 of the course and a group of students, including Katy Brain were on their final expedition. During a stream crossing Katy and another student were swpt...
GREENFIRE

Teaching is Listening, Learning is Talking

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 1 Comments
Teaching is listening, learning is talking. This wonderful rule of thumb, from the educator and writer, Deborah Meier , reminds us that real learning comes, in large part, from being actively involved in the educational moment. Experiential educators...
GREENFIRE

Why you should care about "twittering"

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 3 Comments
Twitter? Tweeting? Twibes? Come on, you say, isn't all that stuff ridiculous? No, it isn't. Used in certain ways, twittering is an amazing tool that allows you to "map the discourse" of any particular topic or field that you may be interested...
GREENFIRE

Is "Smart" the new "Green"?

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 4 Comments
Watching and listening to "the discourse" on environmentalism in the popular press has been fascinating over the last five years. The sheer number of descriptors used to try to "brand" environmentalism for the 21st century seem to...
GREENFIRE

Education, Climate Change, and Obama's Failure of Imagination

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 0 Comments
OK, so we get it...don't we? Climate change is human-induced and the increasing amounts of greenhouse gases we are putting into the atmosphere have a direct effect on global temperatures. This has serious and long term consequences for all life on...
GREENFIRE

Race, class, climate change, and outdoor education

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 0 Comments
A recent post on climate change and race ( http://tinyurl.com/b6fzp7 ) brings up an issue that really needs to be on the forefront of outdoor and environmental education moving forward. It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change will become...
Outdoor Education General

Self Esteem and Mountaineering

Posted over 3 years ago

by Outdoor Ed
- 2 Comments
by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog The journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine , published by the Wilderness Medical Society , always has a number of very interesting articles of significance...
Outdoor Education General

New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education - Call for Manuscripts

Posted over 3 years ago

by Outdoor Ed
- 1 Comments
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...
GREENFIRE

Is Wilderness a Useful Environmental Ideal Anymore?

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jay Roberts
- 2 Comments
I recently came across Brian Merchant’s blog about 7 classic American “Green” works of literature here: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/read-american-environmental-classics.html . In the list: Walden by HD Thoreau, Silent...
Guest Blog

How Do You Quantify Experiential Moments?

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott
- 0 Comments
As a leader here at Drug Demand Reduction I am constantly being asked to validate our educational programs. As a prior fiscal officer I am knowledgeable of the ties our spreadsheets and numbers have that show the effectiveness of our programs on our Federal...
Outdoor Education General

Running 'Mega' Programs - Part 3

Posted over 3 years ago

by Outdoor Ed
- 0 Comments
Following up on the two previous Blogs on running Mega Programs. I've updated the MindManager Map and have published it as a PDF file so that anyone developing a large program can see all of the details of how we plan one of the largest college wilderness...
Facilitator's Corner

Putting the challenge course to bed for winter

Posted over 4 years ago

by Chris Ortiz
- 4 Comments
Many of you out there who manage a challenge course live in a climate in which we have this thing called winter or "the off-season" This is the time of year when it is no longer fun to be out climbing on the challenge course for the average...

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