Australian Journal of Outdoor Education
Contents

Volume 15, Number 2, 2011

Editorial
Robyn Zink

Refereed Papers

Balancing more than backpacks: Communitarian ideas applied to educational expeditions
Jerry Isaak

The substance beneath the labels of experiential learning: The Importance of John Dewey for outdoor educators
Jon Ord and Mark Leather

Nature and its influence on children’s outdoor play
Kellie Dowdell, Tonia Gray, and Karen Malone

Non-refereed Papers
Parent expectations of a 27 day extended stay outdoor education school program (ESOESP)
Dale G. Hobbs

Book Review
Outdoor Education, Foundations for Tertiary and Senior Secondary Education
Reviewed by Nicole Taylor

Thesis Profiles
Wild adventures in wellbeing: Foundations, features and wellbeing impacts of Australian outdoor adventure interventions (OAI)
Anita Pryor

River experience: A phenomenological description of meaningful experiences on a wilderness river journey
Marcus Morse


Volume 15, Number 1, 2011

Editorial
Robyn Zink

Refereed Papers
Outdoor leadership education: Do recent textbooks focus on the right content?
Glyn Thomas

‘Dreadful things can happen:’ Cautionary tales for the safe practitioner
Ros Sullivan, Vicki Carpenter, & Alison Jones

Examining naturalistic decision making in outdoor adventure contexts by computer simulation
Mike Boyes & David O’Hare

Research update 2010: Outdoor education fatalities in Australia
Andrew Brookes

Book Review
A pedagogy of place: Outdoor education for a changing world
Reviewed by Robyn Zink


Volume 14, Number 2, 2010

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Viewpoint Paper
Outdoor education and the national curriculum in Australia
Peter Martin

Refereed Papers
Control as an educational tool and its impact on the outdoor educational process
Ina Stan

The constitution of outdoor education groups: An analysis of the literature
Robyn Zink

An introduction to the constraints-led approach to learning in outdoor education
Eric Brymer & Ian Renshaw

Try this! Imitation and copying in the outdoor learning world of sea kayaking
Leif I Magnussen


Volume 14, Number 1, 2010

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
The outdoor classroom: School camping as education in NSW 1890-1960s
Steve Georgakis & Richard Light

Transfer: Outdoor adventure education’s Achilles heel? Changing participation as a viable option
Mike Brown

Effective, exemplary, extraordinary? Towards an understanding of extraordinary outdoor leadership
Heidi Smith & Dawn Penney

Reflections on beliefs and practices from New Zealand outdoor educators: Consistencies and conflicts
Allen Hill

Cooperative education in outdoor education
Andy Martin & Jenny Fleming

Book Review
Quality Lesson Plans for Outdoor Education
Reviewed by Scott Polley


Volume 13, Number 2, 2009

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
Reconceptualising outdoor adventure education: Activity in search of an appropriate theory
Mike Brown

Bushwalking and access: The Kosciusko Primitive Area debate 1943-6
Deirdre Slattery

Well-being and outdoor pedagogies in primary schooling: The nexus of well-being and safety
Barbara Humberstone and Ina Stan

Equine-assisted therapies: Complementary medicine or not?
Katherine T Ratliffe and Cindy Sanekane

Book Reviews
Other ways of learning
Reviewed by Kathleen Pleasants

Technical skills for adventure programming: A curriculum guide
Reviewed by Scott Polley

 

Volume 13, Number 1, 2009

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
Communicating risk with parents: Exploring the methods and beliefs of outdoor education co-ordinators in Victoria, Australia
Clare Dallat

A tale of three journals: A study of papers published in AJOE, JAEOL and JEE between 1998 and 2007
Glyn Thomas, Tom Potter, & Pete Allison

From the outside looking in: A study of Australian employers’ perceptions of graduates from outdoor education degree programs
Brendon Munge

The enhancement of resilience via a wilderness therapy program: A preliminary investigation
Edward Gillespie & Sandy Allen-Craig

Book Reviews
Teaching adventure education theory: Best practices
Reviewed by Scott Polley


Volume 12, Number 1, 2008

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
Comfort Zone: Model or metaphor?
Mike Brown

Outdoor education in senior schooling: Clarifying the body of knowledge
Peter Martin

Slow pedagogy and placing education in post traditional outdoor education
Philip G Payne & Brian Wattchow

Non-refereed Papers
Eco-mentoring: Using nature as a guide to destiny?
David Kowalewski


Book Reviews
Nature First: Outdoor life the friluftsliv way
Reviewed by Dierdre Slattery

The ways of the bushwalker: On foot in Australia
Reviewed by Alistair Stewart

Teams for a new generation: A facilitator's field guide
Reviewed by Roger Greenaway


Volume 11, Number 2, 2007

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
Can we move beyond 'Indigenous good, non-Indigenous bad' in thinking about people and the environment?
Robyn Zink

Skill instruction in outdoor leadership: A comparison of a direct instruction model and a discovery-learning model
Glyn Thomas

Outdoor and Environmental Studies: More challenges to its place in the curriculum
Annette Gough

Sustaining Adventure in New Zealand Outdoor Education: Perspectives from renowned New Zealand Outdoor Adventurers on the contested cultural understanding of Adventure
Maurice J Kane and Hazel Tucker

What outcomes are we trying to achieve in our outdoor education programs? Beth McLeod & Sandy Allen-Craig

Preventing death and serious injury from falling trees and branches
Andrew Brookes

Book Reviews
Adventure education: Theory and applications
Reviewed by Mark Munnings

Patriots: Defending Australia’s natural heritage 1946–2004
Reviewed by Alistair Stewart

A Teachable moment: A facilitator’s guide to activities for processing, debriefing, reviewing and reflection
Reviewed by Glyn Thomas

 

Volume 11, Number 1, 2007

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
Research update: Outdoor education fatalities in Australia
Dr Andrew Brookes

Playing with an unstoppable force: Paddling, river-places and outdoor education
Dr Brian Wattchow

The role of stillness and quiet when developing human/nature relationships
Val Nicholls & Dr Tonia Gray

The Challenge Course Facilitator Technical Skills Assessment Tool
Dr Mark Wagstaff & Dr William Quinn

Non-refereed PapersChoosing the ‘right’ space to work in: Reflections prior to a nature therapy session
Ronen Berger

Recording in the wilds: A reflection on research-technology needs on an expedition
Paul Stonehouse

Book Reviews
Outdoor leadership: Theory and practice
Reviewed by Dr Brian Wattchow

Interdisciplinary teaching through outdoor education
Reviewed by Kathleen Pleasants

Outdoor activities, negligence and the law
Reviewed by Dr Andrew Brookes


Volume 10, Number 2, 2006

Editorial
Glyn Thomas

Refereed Papers
The special nature of the outdoors: Its contribution to the education of children aged 3-11
Bernie Davis, Tony Rea, & Sue Waite

Effective leadership: Transformational or transactional?
Eric Brymer & Tonia Gray

Effects of a five-day Outward Bound course on female students in Singapore
C K John Wang, Woon-Chia Liu & Abdul Kahlid

How do outdoor leaders feel connected to nature places? A Q-Method inquiry
Garrett Hutson & Diane Montgomery

Facilitating experiences: A snap shot of what is happening out there
Tracey Dickson & Tonia Gray

The rise of individualism The implications for promoting relations between self, others and the environment in outdoor education
Robert Hales

Non-refereed Papers
Ethno-ecological education: Aboriginals teaching nature at a winter camp in the Canadian Arctic
Claude Doucette, Peggy Ransom & David Kowalewski

 

Volume 10, Number 1, 2006

Refereed Papers
City Slickers: Let the cattle speak for themselves
Ray Woodcock

The nature and scope of outdoor education in New Zealand schools
Dr Robyn Zink & Dr Michael Boyes

Influences on a modern outdoor education organisation's philosophy
Dr Peter Barnes

Some outdoor educators' experiences of outdoor education
Terry Gunn

Non-refereed Papers
An outdoor education body of knowledge
Chris Bucknell & Andrew Mannion

Links between kayaking, fear, confidence and competence: Factors affecting women's participation in paddling in a tertiary outdoor education course
Peter Dingle & Dr Jackie Kiewa

Knowing our Place: A perspective on the contribution of outdoor education and its relationship with the outdoor recreation industry
Mark Dingle


Volume 9, Number 2, 2005

Refereed Papers
“If you don’t mind going places without a map, follow me:” Re-stor(y)ing of self, place and educator
Genny Blades

Maybe what they say is what they experience: Taking students words seriously
Robyn Zink

Turbulent times: Outdoor education in Great Britain 1993–2003
Pete Allison & John Telford

How are student approaches to learning navigation correlated with their assessment outcomes?
Marc P Bellette

Cultural adaptation in outdoor programming
Sheila M Fabrizio & James T Neill

Non-refereed Papers
John’s story: Teaching Victorian Certificate of Education Outdoor and Environmental Studies
Tony Keeble

The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers: Safe from more dams but still vulnerable
Sas Allardice

Who is Responsible?
John Dowd

 

Volume 9, Number 1, 2005

Refereed Papers
Outdoor education and bush adventure therapy: A socio-ecological approach to health and wellbeing
Anita Pryor, Cathryn Carpenter & Mardie Townsend

Expeditions and the social construction of the self
Simon Beames

Examining art and technology: Determining why craft-making is fundamental to outdoor education
Zabe MacEachren

Traditional adventure activities in outdoor environmental education
Glyn Thomas

Community-based outdoor education using a local conservation approach
Kazushi Maeda

Non-refereed Papers
Learning about the outdoors
John Dowd

Outward Bound Australia: Integrating vocational education into the workplace
Tracey Dickson & Zoe Herber
t

 

Volume 8, Number 2, 2004

Refereed Papers
Adventures in paradox
Pip Lynch & Kevin Moore

If Burke had been a naturalist : Telling and re-telling national narratives
Deirdre Slattery

Astride a long-dead horse: Mainstream outdoor education theory and the central curriculum problem
Andrew Brookes

Pedagogy of connections: Findings of a collaborative action research project in outdoor and environmental education
Lou Preston & Amma Griffiths

Decolonising encounters with the Murray River: Building place-responsive outdoor educations
Alistair Stewart

A picture is worth    capturing meaning and facilitating connections: Using outdoor education students’ photographs
TA Loeffler

Climbing Mount Everest: Women, career and family in outdoor education
Linda Allin

 

Volume 8, Number 1, 2004

Editorial
Almut Beringer

Introduction to the Outdoor Council of Australia
Zoe Herbert

Refereed Papers
Outdoor adventure in Australian outdoor education: Is it a case of roast for Christmas dinner?
Alison Lugg

Making connections with nature: Bridging the theory – practice gap in outdoor and environmental education
Lou Preston

Outdoor adventure in promoting relationships with nature
Peter Martin

Overseas youth expeditions with Raleigh International: A rite of passage
Simon Beames

A Project Hahn empirical replication study
Paul Lan, Rob Sveen & John Davidson

Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002 Part 3: Environmental circumstances
Andrew Brookes


Volume 7 Number 2, 2003

The End of an Era: Welcome to the Outdoor Council of Australia
Jackie Kiewa

Refereed Papers
The Nature and Scope of Outdoor Education in South Australia: A Summary of Key Findings
Scott Polley & Bronte Pickett

Reinvigorating our love of our home range: exploring the connections between sense of place and outdoor education.
Alistair Stewart

Paraphrases and summaries: A means of clarification or a vehicle for articulating a preferred version of student accounts?
Mike Brown

Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002 Part 2: Contributing circumstances: supervision, first aid, and rescue.
Andy Brookes

Vivisecting the Tui: The Qualifications Framework and outdoor leadership development in New Zealand
Steve Crosby & John Benseman

Publishing spurious research findings won't build a profession: Response to Brand's (2001) evaluation of the Wilderness Enhanced Program
Simon Crisp

Can Journaling Be Taught? An Exploratory Study
Janet E. Dyment & Timothy S. O’Connell

 

Volume 7 Number 1, 2003

Editorial
James Neill

Viewpoint
Do Environmental Goals in Outdoor Education Reflect Client-needs or Outdoor Educator-needs?
Tony Pammer

Refereed Papers
Rethinking Professional Pathways for the Australian Outdoor Industry/Profession
Kathy Mann

Does Pushing Comfort Zones Produce Peak Learning Experiences?
Sarah I Leberman & Andrew J Martin

Outdoor Education Fatalities in Australia 1960-2002 Part 1: Summary Of Incidents and Introduction to Fatality Analysis
Andrew Brookes

Determining Readiness for Therapeutic Adventure Programs: The Transtheoretical Model
Karen K Pearce & Michael A Boyes

Students Caring for Each Other: Outdoor Education and Learning Through Peer Relationships
John Quay, Stewart Dickinson & Brian Nettleton

Work Related Stress in the Outdoor Education Profession: A Management Perspective
Glyn Thomas

Non-refereed Papers
Motive of Service
Kathy Mann


Volume 6, Number 2, 2002

Viewpoint
Might Outdoor Education Help Develop Intelligence?
Rob Hogan

Refereed Papers
On the Construction, Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Experience in 'Critical' Outdoor Education
Philip Payne

Ethical Adventures: Can we justify overseas youth expeditions in the name of education?
Pete Allison & Pete Higgins

Investigating the Inward Sounds of Outward Bound
Andrew Martin & Stephen Legg

Wages and Conditions of the Victorian Outdoor Education Profession
Sandy Allen-Craig & Bettina Moonen

Exploring Expedition Research Methodology
Eric Brymer

Experiential Learning: Using comic strips as 'reflective tools' in adult learning
Colin Beard & Toby Rhodes

Non-refereed Papers
The Crux of Risk Management in Outdoor Programs - Minimising the Risk of Death and Disabling Injury
Rob Hogan

Outdoor Education and the Reinforcement of Heterosexuality
Annie Dignan

Book Reviews
Climbing Lessons – Inside Outdoor Education
Reviewed by Bertie Everand

The Power of Experiential Learning: A handbook for trainers and educators
Reviewed by David Mepham

 

Volume 6, Number 1, 2001

Viewpoint
Outdoor Education in Australia: Ruminating, Reflecting and Redefining: Why was I attracted to outdoor education?
Tonia Gray

Refereed Papers
Beyond Didactics: A reconnaissance of experiential learning
Johan Hovelynck

Thriving In The Outdoor Education Profession: Learning from Australian practitioners
Glyn Thomas

A Deepening Relationship With Place
Carol Birrell

Calculating Risks: Fine’s Mathematical Formula 30 Years Later
Tracey J Dickson

A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of a Wilderness-Enhanced Program on Behaviour-Disordered Adolescents
Dell Brand

The Australian Journal of Outdoor Education: A Review of the First Five Years
James T Neill & Tonia Gray

Non-refereed Papers
The “Reasonable Man” Test: Or How Do We Know What You Did Was Safe?
Mark Collard

 

Volume 5 Number 2, 2001

Viewpoint
Simple, Sophisticated and Committed: Ways ahead for Outdoor Education in Australia
James Neill

Refereed Papers
Stepping Around Things": Gender Relationships In Climbing
Jackie Kiewa

Seeing The Unseen: A Rock Climbing Experience
Lou Preston

A Pedagogy Of Production: Craft, Technology And Outdoor Education
Brian Wattchow

What Can Environmental History Offer Outdoor Education Practitioners?
Deirdre Slattery

'Dramaturgy': An Holistic Approach To Outdoor Education
Andrew Martin

The Nature And Scope Of Outdoor Education In Victorian Schools
Alison Lugg & Peter Martin

Investigating The History Of Outdoor Education In South Australia
Bronte Pickett & Scott Polley

 

Volume 5 Number 1, 2000

Viewpoint
Can We Live Life Without Risk?
Tracey J Dickson

Refereed Papers
How are Adventure Education Program Outcomes Achieved? A review of the Literature
Marcia D McKenzie

An Holistic Model Of Bush Counselling: Cornerstones Of Practice
Allan Adams & Rob Sveen

Interpersonal Relationships As A Metaphor For Human-Nature Relationships
Peter Martin & Glyn Thomas

Moving Water Paddling As Critical Outdoor Education
Glyn Thomas & Jeff Thomas

Non-refereed Papers
Wilderness Therapy And Women In Recovery
Marijke Price

Blueprint For Qualifications And Accreditation in Oz and NZ
Simon Priest

Maitland Youth Outdoor Experience
Brendan Barrett


Volume 4, Number 2, 2000

Viewpoint
Competence: Not Just For Instructors
Jackie Kiewa

Refereed Papers
The Power To Change Through The Change To Power: Narrative Therapy, Power and the Wilderness Enhanced Model
Paul Stolz

Risk In Outdoor Activities: The Perception, The Appeal, The Reality
Tracey Dickson, Jenny Chapman & Margot Hurrell

Wilderness And Delinquents: Strategies For Avoiding A 'Lord Of The Flies'* Experience
Dell Brand & Mark Smith

A Research Agenda For Adventure Education
Geoff Nichols

An Analysis And Profile Of Major Emotional Episodes And Their Antecedents, On A Six Day Wilderness Expedition
Stewart Dickinson

"The Scent Of My World": A Student's Perceptual Knowing Of Outdoor Experiencing
Johnna Haskell

Non-refereed Papers
Vulnerability and Leadership in Outdoor Education
Tiffany Hodgson


Volume 4, Number 1, 1999

Viewpoint
Daring to Care? Humans, nature and outdoor education
Peter Martin

Refereed Papers
Two Vital Aspects In The Facilitation Of Groups: Connections and containment
Martin Ringer

Facilitating The Development Of Generative Metaphors: Re-emphasizing participants’ guiding images
Johan Hovelynck

Directions In Outdoor Education Curriculum
Alison Lugg

On Adventure Therapy And Earth Healing: Toward a sacred cosmology
Almut Beringer

Key Elements Of A Successful Wilderness Program For Delinquents: A summary
Dell Brand & Mark Smith

Japanese Students Down-Under: Is Australian outdoor education relevant to other cultures?
Nola Purdie & James Neill

Non-refereed Papers
Breathing Like A Mountain
Carol Birrell

 

Volume 3, Number 2, 1999

Viewpoint
When Will We Fly?
Ray Handley

Refereed PapersThe Metronomic Society And The Natural Environment
Brian Nettleton

Nature-Guided Therapy: A Case Example Of Ecopsychology In Clinical Practice
George W Burns

How People Change: Implications For Outdoor Educators
Sandy Gordon, Steve Houghton & Julie Edwards

If Only You Knew What I've Just Done: Adolescent Memories From A Tasmanian Wilderness Primary
Carey J Denholm & Robert L Sveen

Learning From Our Mistakes - Before It Is Too Late
Mark Brackenreg

Traffic Light Decision Making
Ian Boyle & Murray Toft

Non-refereed Papers
Rediscovering Our Indigenous Heart
Graham Ellis-Smith

Client Change Analysis
Tracey Dickson

Facilitator's Notebook - The Soft Skills Of Wilderness: Interacting Effectively With Delinquents
Dell Brand & Mark Smith

 

Volume 3, Number 1, 1998

Refereed Papers
Does Outdoor Education Really Work? A Summary Of Recent Meta-Analyses
James Neill & Garry Richards

Go Tell It On A Mountain And Let The Process Grow
Ray Handley

Education Ideology And Outdoor Leadership Education: Why ORCA And The AOEC Exist
Peter Martin

Exploring Together Outdoors: A Family Therapy Approach Based In The Outdoors For Troubled Mother / Daughter Relationships
Robyn Mulholland & Antony Williams

Home From The Woods And Into The Doghouse
Scott MacNaughton

'Burnout' - What is it to you?
Robyn Edwards & Tonia Gray

Wilderness-Adventure Therapy In Adolescent Mental Health
Simon Crisp & Matt O'Donnell

A Way For A National Outdoor Leader Course
Lesley Manfield & James Pearse

 

Volume 2, Number 3, 1997

Viewpoint
The role, history and future of an Australian journal of outdoor education
Jay Henderson

Refereed Papers
First aid training for outdoor educators: The more the better?
Andrew Brookes

Kids on Top II
Peter Holmes

Wilderness-adventure therapy in adolescent psychiatry
Simon Crisp & Nicole Aunger

Non-refereed PapersOutdoor education in Norway
Simon Priest

Friluftsliv - a way home
Nils Faarlund

 

Volume 2, Number 2, 1996

Refereed Papers
Emotional safety in adventure therapy programs: Can it be defined?
(Reprinted with permission from AEE Journal of Experiential Education)
Suzanne M Vincent

Processing the experience - Broadening the Vision
Tracey J Dickson

The efficacy of journalism as a reflective tool
Peter McKenna & Jackie Kiewa

Non-refereed Papers
Profile of Dr Norm McIntyre
Jackie Kiewa & Terry Brown

 

Volume 2, Number 1, 1996

Refereed Papers
Outdoor education and physical education in the national curriculum
(reprinted with acknowledgement to JAEOL [UK])
A P Williams

When does wilderness adventure become therapeutic? The need for broader frameworks: Experiential Reconstruction of developmental foundation
Simon Crisp

Outdoor management development: Changing an Organisation's culture
Bruce Hayllar & Tracy Taylor

Non-refereed Papers
Obituary: Professor John Sutton

 

Volume 1, Number 3, 1996

Refereed Papers
New perspectives of self, nature and others
Peter Martin

The role of outdoor education in the 21st century
Geoff Cooper

Thoughts on managing directors in adventure programs
Simon Priest

 

Volume 1, Number 2, 1995

Refereed Papers
Passion and aliveness in outdoor leadership: Leadership competencies from recreation to therapy
Martin Ringer

Applying the adventure-react model
Terry Brown

Non-refereed Papers
Lesley Pearce: A role model and inspiration

Pre-post abseil anxiety and perceptions of cliff difficulty
James Neill & Bernd Heubeck

 

Volume 1, Number 1, 1995

Sea Trek - A mechanism for working with youth at risk
John Lally & Keith Cook

Transformational Moments in outdoor education
Brian Nettleton

A constructivist approach to environmental education
Sylvia Pilla & David Tulip












 
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