{"title":"Designing primary school grounds for Nature-based learning: A review of the evidence","authors":"Desiree Falzon, Elisabeth Conrad","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00142-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00142-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139231855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Motivating the learner: developing autonomy, competence and relatedness through forest school practice","authors":"Dave Cudworth, M. Tymms","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00146-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00146-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139261153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cynefin – Being of place. An investigation into the perspectives of first-language Welsh speaking hill farmers into the meaning of the word cynefin and the significance for education in Wales and beyond","authors":"Dylan Adams","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00144-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00144-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139265285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Play opportunities through environmental design: a strategy for well-being","authors":"Damien Puddle","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00138-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00138-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134954343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging the evidence gap: A review and research protocol for outdoor mental health therapies for young Australians","authors":"Emily J. Flies, Anita Pryor, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Megan Turner, Jessica Roydhouse, Rebecca Patrick, Melissa O’Shea, Kimberly Norris, Angela Martin, Pauline Marsh, Larissa Bartlett, Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi, Amanda Neil","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00143-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00143-3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Internationally, over 60% of all lifetime cases of mental health disorders are identified as emerging by 25 years of age. In Australia, young people (aged 16–24 years) report the highest prevalence of mental health problems. Acceptability of mainstream services for young people is a concern, particularly for clients 18–25 years, heterosexual males and certain marginalised communities. With unaddressed distress in young people a precursor to poor, potentially lifelong mental ill-health trajectories, the provision of acceptable, and accessible mental health services remains a critical system imperative. Outdoor therapies, such as outdoor talking therapies, present an option for increasing the breadth of mental health interventions available to young people. Reported benefits of outdoor therapies include improved self-esteem and confidence, positive and negative affect, stress reduction and restoration, social benefits, and resilience. As outdoor therapies draw on multidisciplinary skillsets, this modality has the potential to expand services beyond existing workforce capacities. However, there are evidence gaps that must be addressed before mainstreaming of this treatment modality can occur. Here we overview the existing evidence base for outdoor talking therapies, as a form of outdoor mental healthcare, to determine their appropriateness as an effective and efficient treatment modality for young people with psychological distress in Australia and elsewhere. We then propose a research protocol designed to determine the acceptability, efficacy and efficiency of ‘outdoor talking therapies’. Our aim is to help address identified youth mental healthcare service shortages in Australia, and potentially support the health of our mental healthcare workforce.","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134992095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“We do it anyway”: Professional identities of teachers who enact risky play as a framework for Education Outdoors","authors":"Megan Zeni, Leyton Schnellert, Mariana Brussoni","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00140-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00140-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136348277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arianne Reis, Tonia Gray, Jeff Mann, Jessica Mallinson, Manisha Katnoria, William Seach, Nicole Peel
{"title":"Measuring nature-based health interventions – a rapid review of instrumentation and outcomes","authors":"Arianne Reis, Tonia Gray, Jeff Mann, Jessica Mallinson, Manisha Katnoria, William Seach, Nicole Peel","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00135-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00135-3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Nature-based health interventions (NBHIs) are utilised to treat a range of physical and mental health conditions, and this rapid review sought to describe the breadth of instrumentation utilised to measure the effectiveness of NBHIs on the different domains of health and wellbeing. A total of 14,385 records were extracted from three databases, and a review of titles and abstracts and then of full text resulted in a final dataset of 167 articles that met the review criteria. NBHI settings were categorised as Garden/Horticulture, Blue Spaces, Urban Green Spaces, Wild Nature, and Camps/Residential. For each of these settings, major population groups included in the studies, health domains and outcomes addressed, as well as assessment tools used to measure NBHIs’ effectiveness were described and analysed in aggregate. A total of 336 measurement tools were utilised across the dataset, with only 29 being specifically designed to assess NBHIs. Most studies investigated mental health domains and measured the effectiveness of NBHIs to improve psychological factors and physical, behavioural, and healthy eating outcomes. Future research should interrogate how nature-based tools and outcome measurements could be used most effectively in NBHI settings.","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136381909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junjie Liu, Shirley Wyver, Muhammad Chutiyami, Helen Little
{"title":"Children’s access to outdoors in early childhood education and care centres in China during the COVID pandemic","authors":"Junjie Liu, Shirley Wyver, Muhammad Chutiyami, Helen Little","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00139-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00139-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract China has undergone rapid development in early childhood education and outdoor pedagogy in recent times. Importantly, it was the first country to detect COVID-19 cases and introduce lockdowns and other restrictions. Chinese early childhood educators had no opportunities to learn from their peers in other countries regarding how to respond to COVID-19 restrictions. It is unknown how these restrictions may have impacted children’s access to the outdoors. The current study examined whether there had been changes in children’s outdoor time, access to the outdoor space, and restrictions imposed on children’s outdoor play. We then examined if making changes or remaining the same was influenced by educator qualifications, professional development related to outdoor pedagogy, educators’ tolerance of risk in play, and staff-child ratios. Most educators reported that the amount of time children spent outdoors and their access to the outdoor space remained the same compared to before the pandemic. A greater number of educators indicated restrictions were imposed on children’s outdoor play due to the pandemic. A series of ordinal regression analyses indicated that educators with a higher tolerance of risk in play were more likely to increase children’s time spent outdoors and access to outdoor space and impose fewer restrictions on children’s outdoor play during the pandemic. A higher staff-child ratio was associated with increasing outdoor time and outdoor space. The findings contribute to the understanding of how external factors influence opportunities for children to play outdoors and provide directions for future professional development programs and risk-reframing interventions.","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135823182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of quality and risky play opportunities of playgrounds in Germany","authors":"Umay Hazar Deniz, Nilgün Cevher Kalburan","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00137-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00137-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135853098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colby J. C. Bryce, Kara Dadswell, Clare Dallat, Alexandra G. Parker
{"title":"Perceptions of empowerment and leadership in the context of outdoor education: a qualitative study in women participants","authors":"Colby J. C. Bryce, Kara Dadswell, Clare Dallat, Alexandra G. Parker","doi":"10.1007/s42322-023-00136-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42322-023-00136-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}