Research focused on improving our understanding on how to teach people to connect with places and enact an ethic of care for places.
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Our work
Research areas
Key foci for our research includes:
- innovative outdoor environmental education pedagogies
- outdoor recreation management
- climate change education
- digital technology in outdoor education
Publications
Fox, R., and Thomas, G. (2023). Is climate change the ‘elephant in the room’ for outdoor environmental education? Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 26(2), 167-187.
Hills, D., van Kraalingen, I., Thomas, G. J. (2023). The impact of technology on presence in outdoor education. Journal of Experiential Education, 47(2), 301-318.
North, C., Hills, D., Maher, P., Farkić, J., Zeilmann, V., Waite, S., Takano, T., Prince, H., Pedersen Gurholt, K., and Muthomi, N. (2024). The impact of artificial intelligence on adventure education and outdoor learning: international perspectives. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 24(1), 123-140.
Polley, S., McLeod, B., Rankin, J., Munge, B., Bovino, P., and Picknoll, D. (2024). Assessing outdoor and environmental education threshold concepts in Australian universities. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 1-23.
Thomas, G. J., Munge, B., Fox, R., & Carey, M. (Accepted). Near-peer teaching in a university outdoor education program: Following footprints in the sand. Higher Education Research and Development.
Willis, A., Thiele, C., Fox, R., Miller, A., McMaster, N., & Menzies, S. (2024). Educators unplugged: working and thinking in natural environments. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 1-14.