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.
39 items
Where children were given opportunities for risky play at school, schools recorded very positive outcomes.
The paper looks at safety behaviour beyond outdoor leaders' decision making, to better understand its complexity.
A nationwide survey reports accidents and near-accidents in Norwegian upper secondary outdoor activities from 2010 to 2013.
The authors argue that a focus on risk and danger limits the teaching potential of adventure, and propose an approach based on the learner's everyday life.
The study analyses sea kayaking incidents in Norway, focusing on wind conditions, to draw implications for preventing future incidents.
Interviews with eight NZ secondary outdoor education teachers show adventure and learning discourses sit side by side in how they talk.
The authors analyse safety cultures in small boat fishing, sea kayaking and kite surfing and argue for a broad managerial approach at many levels.
The paper maps the decisions experienced outdoor leaders make, sorted into logistical, safety, pedagogical, environmental and group dynamics categories.
Teachers' humour helped them manage concerns between safety and risk, pleasure and danger in the outdoor classroom.
The review traces how safety is understood in NZ EOTC policy and curriculum and suggests a more holistic view could guide practice.
The article discusses giving students independence in outdoor programmes while keeping appropriate supervision and staying within safety bounds.
A book that uses real-life scenarios to show how to examine hazardous situations and apply risk management strategies.
The paper looks at how teachers balance keeping children safe with enabling the joys of outdoor participation, within a risk society.
The article examines how teachers manage risk in outdoor activities, and how that affects students' outdoor learning, through control, constraints and limits.
The article discusses declining outdoor play and how adventure playgrounds support learning, independence, self-esteem and positive risk-taking.