Beyond decision making for outdoor leaders: Expanding the safety behaviour research agenda
The paper looks at safety behaviour beyond outdoor leaders' decision making, to better understand its complexity.
Research, reports and guidance on education outside the classroom and outdoor education, with a plain-English summary of each and a link to the original. New items are added every week.
The library began with Education Outside the Classroom: Applied Research Readings 2010–2017(McNatty & Boyes, University of Otago, 2017). Later items were found, summarised and checked with AI assistance using the same method: every reference is checked against the publisher's record, every summary against the published abstract, and only items rated high confidence by two independent relevance checks are published. Summaries are a guide: read the original before citing it.
Research library
6 items
Connecting to the Good Life through outdoor adventure leadership experiences designed for Indigenous youth
A research collaboration with the Wikwemikong people looked at how a ten-day leadership experience promotes resilience and wellbeing for Indigenous youth.
The application of recognition-primed decision theory to decisions made in an outdoor education context
The paper maps the decisions experienced outdoor leaders make, sorted into logistical, safety, pedagogical, environmental and group dynamics categories.
The multi-dimensionality of group cohesion: A social network analysis of NOLS courses
A network analysis found students' comfort talking with each other is critical for group cohesion, and that teaching meta-skills such as leadership matters.
Nel Noddings' care theory and outdoor education
The article applies the theory of caring to outdoor education, with examples across policies, leadership, relationships and challenge by choice.
Examining naturalistic decision making in outdoor adventure contexts by computer simulation
Computer simulations of field decisions show what information expert leaders look for, and that familiarity with the environment improved decisions and confidence.