Safety cultures in water-based outdoor activities in Denmark
The authors analyse safety cultures in small boat fishing, sea kayaking and kite surfing and argue for a broad managerial approach at many levels.
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
63 items
Learning with nature and learning from others: nature as setting and resource for early childhood education
Case studies and discussion with Scottish and Nordic teachers give positive examples and challenges of nature-based early childhood education.
An Australian perspective of a forest school: shaping a sense of place to support learning
A forest school in a Western Australian primary school promoted a sense of self, belonging and place attachment.
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.
Adventure education and the acculturation of first-generation Chinese Canadians in Vancouver, Canada
First-generation Chinese parents in Vancouver steer their children's adventure education participation to correct their development and manage exposure to wider culture.
'Did you enjoy your holiday?' Can residential outdoor learning benefit mainstream schooling?
The paper examines how residential outdoor learning relates to mainstream schooling in Scotland and how qualitative and quantitative studies fit together.
Examining the motivation and involvement of Chinese rock climbers
A study finds Chinese rock climbing is male-dominated, motivated by escape from routine and learning about nature, and organised largely through websites.
"I'd say it's kind of unique in a way": The development of an intercultural student relationship
The article explores how intercultural student friendships begin, last and develop, and what helps or hinders them.
The desire to learn as a kind of love: Gardening, cooking, and passion in outdoor education
A Danish organic school gardens project built students' desire to learn and their knowledge of nature, farming and food.
Learning biology and mathematics outdoors: effects and attitudes in a Swedish high school context
Swedish pupils who learned biology and maths outdoors retained knowledge better in the long term and valued the social interaction.
Promoting intercultural contact on campus: A project to connect and engage international and host students
An experiential project gave international students social support while giving host students practical experience with peers from another culture.
A cultural and comparative perspective on outdoor education in New Zealand and friluftsliv in Denmark
A comparative case study identifies differences and similarities between Danish friluftsliv and New Zealand outdoor education.
Potential for excellence: interdisciplinary learning outdoors is a moral enterprise
The article presents Scottish teachers' views of outdoor learning and proposes it as an interdisciplinary moral enterprise.
The dramaturgy approach to education in nature: reflections of a decade of International Vacation School Lipnice courses, Czech Republic, 1997-2007
The article describes a course design that blends art, music, drama and adventure to balance physical, social, creative and reflective needs.
Differences in living and learning: Chinese international students in New Zealand
The article shows sociocultural factors beyond the learning experience are vital to good outcomes for Chinese international students in New Zealand.