| Articles |
| A Day in The Life of an OE Teacher |
| The itinerary of an outdoor classroom |
| by:
Erin%20 Farrow
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| Categories: Opinion, Physical education, Teachers |
| In the heart of the Muskokas, 20 km east of Gravenhurst, Ontario on Ryde Lake, lies a quaint 40-bed outdoor education centre (OEC). Each year, close to 700 Grade 5 to 8 students from Mentor College and TEAM School, located in Mississauga, Ontario, leave their busy city lives to experience... (read article) |
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| A Fresh Start |
| Fall camp helps kids kick off a new school year |
| by:
Cheryl%20 Phillips , Stuart%20 Palmer
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Teachers |
| During the first week of September, our entire student body heads for the hills. Our Orientation Camps are a time for new and returning students to learn about and review the expectations, goals, vision and core values of our school community.
Rundle College Academy, a member school of Rundle College... (read article) |
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| Cold Comfort |
| How an icy expedition can warm up a classroom |
| by:
Eric%20 Waters
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Physical education, Teachers |
It's 8 o'clock on a February night, and I'm crawling headfirst into a narrow, glowing hole in the snow in an otherwise desolate landscape.
"Hey, you guys, how are you doing? Everybody warm?"
Muffled replies come from three cinched-up sleeping bags: "Yeah." "I'm too hot." "I can't believe I'm... (read article) |
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| Fitting in Fitness |
| How students at one school got a move on |
| by:
%20Jennifer%20 Powles
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Teachers |
| The media report almost daily on rising obesity levels in Canada. The Canadian Medical Association states that in the past 15 years, the prevalence of obesity has grown by more than 50 per cent in Canadian children six to 11 years old and 40 per cent in those aged 12... (read article) |
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| Forging a New Way |
| Tragedy transforms the landscape of outdoor education. |
| by:
Sarah%20 Wiley
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Safety and Health, Teachers |
| It was February 3, 2003 and I was driving the hour-long commute through snowy Muskoka to work, the head office of Outward Bound Canada (OBC) in Burk's Falls, Ontario. As the national director of educational programs for OBC, I oversaw all the contract programs we delivered for independent schools across... (read article) |
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| From Camp to School And Back Again |
| The story od Greenwood College |
| by:
David%20%20%20 Thompson
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Physical education |
| The evidence is in. A backcountry classroom, using all that the Canadian landscape has to offer, helps stave off childhood obesity, improves cognitive skills and offers hands-on learning. In educational parlance, we know character education and outdoor education go hand in hand: Across the country, values like independence, interdependence and... (read article) |
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| Go Outside and Play |
| The steps to teaching outdoors |
| by:
Christian%20 Stapff
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| Categories: Opinion, Physical education, Teachers |
| We played “Cowboys and Indians” in the woods behind our house. We built fire rings like those we saw in cowboy movies. We hung out in teepees made of branches and plastic sheeting. Sometimes we brought food; sometimes we just sat around the fire. For a country with little true... (read article) |
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| Hit The Road |
| Building stories for a lifetime |
| by:
Gordon%20 Phippen
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Physical education, Teachers |
| A good number of children in our increasingly digital society experience a disconnect from organic experience, often lacking an appreciation for the beauty of their natural world. It's easy for them to overlook the earth beneath their feet, the majesty of a sunset or the wonder of the ocean's surf.... (read article) |
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| Learning The Ropes |
| Looking inward in the great outdoors |
| by:
Julia Drake
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Physical education |
Suspended from ropes and pulleys far above the ground, Christian Peterson longed for a safety net. But no mesh blanket would catch the Grade 12 student if he fell from the high ropes course at Upper Canada College's Norval Outdoor School.
Instead, Christian found a safety net in the form of... (read article) |
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| Mother Nature Takes Us Where No Path Leads |
| Nuturing a healthy self-esteem |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Opinion, School heads |
"Shit!" Raj angrily slammed down his 50-pound backpack.
Then we all watched it slowly start rolling--back down the very steep hill that he, I and a dozen others had just laboured up for the past couple of hours.
Raj had just learned Mother Nature wasn't big on temper tantrums, and she... (read article) |
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| Natural Conversion |
| Bringing a closer observation of the natural environment |
| by:
George%20 Briggs
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Physical education, Teachers |
| The opening chords of Bach's Cello Concerto played by
Yo-Yo Ma never fail to wash away my worries and cares.
I have a mix CD for the road trip to hiking trails, and the Bach piece is the opening selection. Not only is the music evocative and gentle, but it... (read article) |
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| Question: In search for outdoor education programs |
| What does Outdoor education mean to you? Do you run a unique or interesting outdoor education program at your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Open House Question, Physical education, Teachers |
| We asked hundreds of schools to share programs and ideas on this topic. The following were published in the 2007 edition of Dialogue magazine. Join the discussion and post your own response.
Winter Learning
During a week of dogsledding and winter camping in Algonquin, the Grade 8 boys learn that at day’s... (read article) |
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| Resurrection |
| Breathing life back into an ailing concept |
| by:
James Raffan
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| Categories: Physical education, Teachers |
| The recurring dream goes something like this. A death has occurred. In a forest clearing stands solemnly a circle of tanned white women in polypropylene gowns (or are they made of noseeum netting? I can't tell without my glasses) and robust Caucasian men in ill-fitting Goretex blazers. The powers have... (read article) |
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| Staying Safe, Not Sorry |
| Risk management, outdoor education philosophy and organizational behaviour. |
| by:
Ross Cloutier
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| Categories: Administrators, Physical education, Safety and Health, Teachers |
| American mountain climbers Willi Unsoeld (1926-1979) and Tom Hornbein were members of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963. Unsoeld and Hornbein's legendary climb was the first ascent from the peak's West Ridge. Thirteen years later, Unsoeld held his 21-year-old daughter, Nanda Devi, as... (read article) |
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| Window On Tomorrow |
| How outdoor education brightens the future of children and our planet |
| by:
Grant%20 Linney
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Research, Teachers |
| As a long-time outdoor educator, I remain amazed at the impact that outdoor and experiential education (OEE) has upon participants. But how have we measured this impact?
There are the usual program evaluations and the periodic concerted links to classroom curricula. And, sometimes, a parent writes to describe how much a... (read article) |
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