Background: Participants in Outdoor Education Programmes (OEPs) presumably benefit
from these programmes in terms of their social and personal development, academic …

This paper sets out the findings of a systematic review of the research literature on the
benefits that arise when children under 12 spend time in natural environments. The review …

Environmental education and education for the environment today play an important role
toward sustainability. Environmental education provided by higher education institutions has …

Although there is a notion of a 'Nordic tradition'of outdoor education in the international
literature, research from the Nordic countries is rarely included in research reviews …

This article reviews four bodies of research that shed light on how to promote active care for
the environment in children and youth: research on sources of proenvironmental behavior …

People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think
about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental …

This article summarises the key findings of a review that critically examined 150 pieces of
research on outdoor learning published between 1993 and 2003 (Rickinson et al., 2004) …

There are very few studies concerning the importance of teaching methods in biology
education and environmental education including outdoor education for promoting …

Learning Outside the Classroom outlines theory and practice that will enable and encourage
teachers to systematically and progressively incorporate meaningful outdoor learning …

From the foreword: This book is a major contribution to the field of comparative and
international education. It has been co-authored by two distinguished figures, who write with …