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Is Outdoor Learning the Solution to Coronavirus (COVID-19)?

This blog post examines the current research emerging globally on the novel coronavirus and links this to the context of outdoor education.

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Time to Eddy Out? Considering Outdoor Education in the Midst of the Novel Coronavirus.

Coronavirus is making it difficult to confidently take students overseas where many outdoor education experiences happen.

How Good Really Are You? The Importance of Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Educators.

Over-inflated self-efficacy beliefs among educators can result in delayed skills development or inappropriate acceptance of risk.

10 Steps to Starting Your Own School Outdoor Education Program

Imagine a world where every school has outdoor education built into the school fabric and ethos. Imagine a school where children are...

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Children Are Never Safe in Outdoor Education. Here's Why.

I frequently hear outdoor education practitioners, parents and children using the words safe and safety in the context of outdoor...

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Fear of Liability Must Not Stop Us Getting Children Outdoors!

In recent years, I've actively sought global opportunities to work in outdoor and experiential education roles for youth in various...

Are Kids These Days Really 'Wrapped in Cotton Wool?'

We hear it all the time: "Kids these days just aren't the same anymore. They just stay indoors, playing non-stop computer games rather...