Talk:Outdoor education

Talk archiving
Past talk about this article has been archived. Many relevant and unresolved issues still remain with this article, however, and many past comments are still relevant:
 * 2008 and earlier

The archive covers the period 2006-7. I see nothing in it from 2008. How many more years will this much criticised article remain in place, unchanged, as the description of 'outdoor education' that Wikipedia readers will see? This article should be clearly marked 'work in progress' or 'under construction'. Don't make this scare you away if you wish to make improvements or deletions, little or large. RGreenaway (talk) 19:59, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Outdoor education wikibook
A sister project has been started to develop a free, online outdoor education textbook, see Outdoor Education. Editors of this article are encouraged to consider also contributing to the book. -- Jtneill - Talk 01:28, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Outdoor education wikiversity
In a similar vein, a wikiversity project has been created for outdoor education, to gather and develop outdoor education teaching materials. See Outdoor education -- Jtneill - Talk 01:32, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Education outside the Classroom
I know this article is carefully protected by a number of people, and I agree with that. I'd like to suggest a new section within it: Education outside the Classroom. This would argue that there is benefit in teaching children curriculum topics by taking them out of their school building, and that an unfounded risk aversion amongst teachers is preventing it. See the British House of Commons' Education and Skills Committee's report HC120: Education Outside the Classroom, Tim Gill's book No Fear, the DfES's leaflet on Learning Outside the Classroom, and much more.

If somebody thinks there is a better place, please tell me. I think this is the right page. Rixs (talk) 14:03, 19 November 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, I've done that. Should add more on the benefits and curriculum content of typical activities, although if that gets detailed, it should be a new page. I'm sure some mention is helpful because the rest of Outdoor education is generally physical. --- Rixs (talk) 12:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Tidy up, and a place for external links
Lots of people want to add external links to this page, and the See also section is pretty mixed already. I think we make several changes here:
 * Create a new page, e.g. List of outdoor education providers where individual groups can be listed, and remove them from here.
 * Change the various Topics, and references to people and newspaper articles into narrative in the main text.
 * Encourage more paragraphs about the nature and benefits outdoor education itself, allowing the various categories such as Scouting and Summer camp to be explored, without them taking over this article.
 * Reduce the use of long lists without explanation, e.g. people influencing the roots of modern outdoor education.

Comments welcome! -- Rixs (talk) 16:20, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

wrong lang link
Íslenska link seems to be wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.143.115 (talk) 10:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Schools that offer a degree in Outdoor Education

 * Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia
 * Sterling College in Craftsbury, Vermont


 * Johnson State College in Vermont
 * Red Rocks Community College in Arvada and Lakewood, Colorado
 * Colorado Mountain College


 * Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado


 * Central Wyoming College


 * La Trobe University in Victoria (Australia)


 * Northland College (Wisconsin)
 * Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska
 * Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho
 * Montreat College in North Carolina
 * Earlham College in Indiana


 * Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota
 * Williston State College in Williston, North Dakota


 * Toccoa Falls College in Georgia


 * California State University, Chico


 * University of Tasmania in Tasmania

207.97.161.178 (talk) 15:34, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

They see me rolling, but hating
lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.195.69.77 (talk) 10:16, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

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