Browsing by Author "Brown, Mike"
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Book review: Adventure education: an introduction
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This article reviews the book: “Adventure education: An introduction”, edited by M, Berry & C. Hodgson. -
Comfort zone: Model or metaphor?
(Australian Outdoor Education Council, 2008)The comfort zone model is widespread within adventure education literature. It is based on the belief that when placed in a stressful situation people will respond by overcoming their fear and therefore grow as individuals. ... -
The comfort zone: Reflection on a taken-for-granted model
(Outdoors New Zealand, 2008)Reference to the comfort zone model is widespread within outdoor adventure education. It is based on the belief that when placed in a stressful situation people will respond by overcoming their hesitancy and grow. This ... -
Editor's note
(2011)This issue features a collection of papers on safety and fatality prevention in outdoor education by Associate Professor Andrew Brookes from LaTrobe University in Australia. The genesis for the publication of this collection ... -
Editor's note
(2011)The papers in this issue of the journal, fortuitously rather than intentionally, focus attention on two themes pertinent to outdoor education researchers and practitioners. The authors address issues concerned with outdoor ...
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Place responsive and culturally responsive outdoor education in secondary schools: Examining teachers' perspectives and experiences
(University of Waikato, 2017)Sustainability, place and human connectedness have increasingly become the focus of research and professional dialogue in school-based outdoor education in Aotearoa New Zealand. These developments challenge traditional ... -
Kids Greening Taupō: Conservation Education Based on a Collaborative Community Model
(University of Waikato, 2016)Ecological degradation threatens the life-giving capacity of Earth. Literature identifies education and collaboration across all sectors of society as being critically important to reversing the trend of degradation. ... -
Ko au te whenua, te whenua ko au – I am the land, the land is me: An autoethnographic investigation of a secondary school teacher’s experience seeking to enrich learning in outdoor education for Māori students.
(University of Waikato, 2014)This thesis is my story as an outdoor educator, as a researcher, and a co-participant reflecting on my own actions and experiences as well as those of my students. In this autoethnography I share my revelations and tensions ... -
Place-responsive Education: Student perspectives
(University of Waikato, 2014)The importance of student perspectives in curriculum innovations is well established. Until recently accounts of adolescent male experiences during a place-responsive education (PRE) programme have not been extensively ... -
Meanings of 'the Outdoors': Shaping outdoor education in Aotearoa New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2014)Abstract The issue of human-nature relationships has become increasingly important given the environmental issues affecting the world. Thus, education which can encourage students to positively engage and connect with the ...
