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Subject: [NetGold] RECREATION: OUTDOOR: RESOURCES: Outdoor Education
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RECREATION: OUTDOOR: RESOURCES: Outdoor Education Research Evaluation
Center

Outdoor Education Research and Evaluation Center
<http://www.wilderdom.com/research.html>

Guide to Outdoor Education Research &áEvaluation
<http://www.wilderdom.com/researchresearch.html>

Contents of the Outdoor Education Research and Evaluation Center Page

Outdoor education
- Introduction
- History
- Philosophy
- Theory (theories)
- Research &áevaluation

Advanced &áother topics
- Adventure therapy
- Camps &ácamping
- Experiential education
- Facilitation &áprocessing
- Games &áactivities
- Management training
- Outward Bound
- Project Adventure
- Risk, challenge &ásafety
- Ropes challenge courses
- Wilderness &ánature
More topics (index)

What's new?
Principles of deep ecology
(The Satyana Institute)

Challenge by Choice: Overview
(Pegasus NLP Trainings)

Concrete interventions are crucial: Intrapersonal exploration in
client-centered therapy
(Sachse, 1990)

Write your own eulogy: A psychological exercise
(James Neill, 2003)

Fear of risk is as much a risk as risk itself
(Tim Besley, 2002,The Age)

Where has the adventure gone? áBringing risk back into the outdoors
(Neill, 2003, Outdoor Recreation Industry Council Conference, Sydney)

The core values of deep ecology
(Ecospace)

Site information
- Help
- About
- Index
- Receive updates

Resources
- Bibliographies
- Conferences
- Expert people
- International
- Jobs &ácareers
- Journals
- Lesson plans
- Links
- Listservs
- Masters degrees
- News articles online
- Organizations
- Quotes
- Tools &áinstruments
- Web portal

Guide to Outdoor Education Research &áEvaluation Web Page Contents
<http://www.wilderdom.com/researchresearch.html>

Adventure programs found to have lasting, positive impact
(Education Week, 1997)

áTest everything. Hold on to the good.
(1 Thessalonians 5:21)

About outdoor education research &áevaluation
What is outdoor education research?
Parable about outdoor education research
Difference between research &áevaluation
Evaluating outdoor education programs
Types of outdoor education research
History of outdoor education research
Doing research &áevaluation
Hierarchy of research motivations
Research &áevaluation methods
Who me? áMe do research?
Support &ámentoring
How do I start research in my organization?
Organizations with research programs
Evaluating &áresearching resilience-building intervention programs

Summaries &áoverviews
Summary of the effects of outdoor education

11 factors that influence outcomes
Traditional research reviews
Meta-analytic research reviews
Project Adventure research
Outward Bound research

Does outdoor education work?
In a nutshell...yes...
The research evidence shows that outdoor education programs tend to have
positive impacts on typically measured outcomes (such as self-confidence
and team work skills).

On average, 4 out of 5 participants report enhanced self-perceptions.

The positive effects of outdoor education programs are roughly equivalent
to the effects of other innovative psychosocial interventions, but may be
longer lasting...

Go to more "Summary of outdoor education research".

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Outdoor Education Bibliographies, Reference Lists, Abstracts, Databases, &
Indexes
<http://www.wilderdom.com/bibliographies.html>

Lists of citations
Thesis or major article reference lists
Lists of abstracts
Lists of full-text articles
Citations in electronic databases

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What are the Major Outdoor Education Journals?
<http://www.wilderdom.com/journals.htm>

There are three major, peer-reviewed journals in the field of outdoor
education, plus many other journals, newsletters &ámagazines.