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Australian Journal of Outdoor Education (AJOE)

Members of state/territory outdoor education associations receive as a benefit of membership the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. Established in 1996, the AJOE is a highly regarded publication internationally and an invaluable reference for professional outdoor educators.


Past issues of AJOE

2007: Vol.11, No.1
2006: Vol. 10, No. 2 Vol. 10, No. 1
2005: Vol. 9, No. 2 Vol. 9, No. 1
2004: Vol. 8, No. 1
2003: Vol. 7, No. 2
2002: Vol. 7, No. 1 Vol. 6, No. 2
2001: Vol. 6, No. 1 Vol. 5, No. 2
2000: Vol. 5, No. 1 Vol. 4, No. 2
1999: Vol. 4, No. 1 Vol. 3, No. 2
1998: Vol. 3, No. 1
1997: Vol. 2, No. 3 Vol. 2, No. 2
1996: Vol. 2, No. 1 Vol. 1, No. 3
1995: Vol. 1, No. 2 Vol. 1, No. 1

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VOLUME 11 NO 1, 2007

REFEREED ARTICLES

Research update: Outdoor education fatalities in Australia.
Dr Andrew Brookes

Playing with an unstoppable force: Paddling, river-places and outdoor education.
Dr Brian Wattchow

The role of stillness and quiet when developing human-nature relationships.
Val Nicholls and Dr Tonia Gray

The Challenge Course Facilitator Technical Skills Assessment Tool
Dr Mark Wagstaff and Dr William Quinn

NON-REFEREED PAPERS

Choosing the 'right' space to work in: Reflections prior to a naure therapy session.
Ronen Berger

Recording in the wilds: A reflection on reearch-technology needs on an expedition.
Paul Stonehouse

BOOK REVIEWS

Outdoor leadership: Theory and practice
Reviewed by Dr Brian Wattchow

Interdisciplinary teaching through outdoor education
Reviewed by Kathleen Pleasants

Outdoor activities, negligence, and the law
Reviewed by Dr Andrew Brookes

EDITION 21 VOLUME 10 NO 2, 2006

REFEREED ARTICLES

The special nature of the outdoors: It's contribution to the education of children aged 3-11
Bernie Davis, Tony Rea and Sue Waite

Effective leadership: Transformational or transactional?
Eric Brymer and Tonia Gray

Effects of a five-day Outward Bound course on female students in Singapore
C.K.John Wang, Woon-Chia-Liu and Abdul Kahlid

How do outdoor educator's feel connect to nature places? A Q-Method inquiry
Garrett Hutson and Diane Montgomery

Facilitating experiences: A snapshot of what is happening out there
Tracey Disckson and Tonia Gray

The rise of individualism. The implications for promoting relations between self, others and the environment in outdoor education
Rob Hales

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Ethno-ecological education: Aboriginals teaching nature at a winter camp in the Canadian Arctic
Claude Doucette, Peggy Ransom and David Kowalewski

EDITION 20 VOLUME 10 NO 1, 2006

REFEREED ARTICLES

City Slickers: Let the cattle speak for themselves
Ray Woodcock

The nature and scope of outdoor education in New Zealand schools
Dr Robyn Zink and Cr Michael Boyes

Influences on a modern outdoor education organisation's philosophy
Dr Peter Barnes

Some outdoor educators' experiences of outdoor education
Terry Gunn

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

An outdoor education body of knowledge
Chris Bucknell and Andrew Mannion

Links between kayaking, fear, confidence and competence: Factors affecting women's participation in paddling in a tertiary outdoor education course
Peter Dingle and Dr Jackie Kiewa

Knowing our place: A perspective on the contribution of outdoor education and its relationship with the outcoor recreation industry
Mark Dingle

BOOK REVIEW

"Camping in the Curriculum" by Pip Lynch
Reviewed by Dr Peter Martin

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EDITION 19 VOLUME 9 NO 2, 2005

REFEREED ARTICLES

 “If you don’t mind going places without a map, follow me:” Re-stor(y)ing of self, place and educator.
Genny Blades

Maybe what they say is what they experience: Taking students words seriously
Robyn Zink

Turbulent times: Outdoor education in Great Britain 1993–2003
Pete Allison & John Telford

How are student approaches to learning navigation correlated with their assessment outcomes?
Marc P. Bellette

Cultural adaptation in outdoor programming
Sheila M. Fabrizio & James T. Neill

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

John’s story: Teaching Victorian Certificate of Education Outdoor and Environmental Studies
Tony Keeble

The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers: Safe from more dams but still vulnerable.
Sas Allardice

Who is Responsible?
John Dowd

EDITION 18 VOLUME 9 NO 1, 2005

REFEREED ARTICLES

Outdoor education and bush adventure therapy: A socio-ecological approach to health and wellbeing
Anita Pryor, Cathryn Carpenter and Mardie Townsend

Expeditions and the social construction of self
Simon Beames

Examining art and technology : determining why craft making is fundamental to outdoor education
Zabe MacEachren

Traditional adventure activities in outdoor environmental education
Glyn Thomas

Community-based outdoor education using a local conservation approach
Kazushi Maeda

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Learning about the outdoors
John Dowd

Outward Bound Australia: Integrated vocational education in the workplace
Tracey Dickson and Zoe Herbert

BOOK REVIEW

"Outdoor and experiential learning: An holistic and creative appraach to programme design" by Andy Martin, Dan Franc and Daniela Zounkova

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EDITION 17 VOLUME 8 NO 1, 2004

Editorial
Almut Beringer

REFEREED ARTICLES

Outdoor adventure in Australian outdoor education: Is it a case of roast for Christmas dinner?
Alison Lugg

Making connections with nature: Bridging the theory –practice gap in outdoor and environmental education
Lou Preston

Outdoor adventure in promoting relationships with nature
Peter Martin

Overseas youth expeditions with Raleigh International: A rite of passage?
Simon Beames

A Project Hahn empirical replication study
Paul Lan, Rob Sveen, John Davidson

Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002: Part 3: Environmental circumstances
Andrew Brookes

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Camping to change the world
Stuart B. Hill

Risk and the outdoor adventure experience: Good risk, bad risk, real risk, apparent risk, objective risk, subjective risk
John Dowd

EDITION 16 VOLUME 7 NO 2, 2003

Editorial
James Neill

VIEWPOINT

A Big Picture: Connectedness Between Outdoor Education, Landscape & Political Reality in Australia
Robbo Bennetts

REFEREED ARTICLES

The End of an Era: Welcome to the Outdoor Council of Australia
Jackie Kiewa

The Nature and Scope of Outdoor Education in South Australia: A Summary of Key Findings
Scott Polley & Bronte Pickett

Reinvigorating Our Love of the Home Range: Exploring the Connections Between Sense of Place and Outdoor Education
Alistair Stewart

Paraphrases and Summaries: A Means of Clarification or a Vehicle for Articulating a Preferred Version of Student Accounts?
Mike Brown

Outdoor Education Fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 2. Contributing Circumstances: Supervision, First Aid, and Rescue
Andrew Brookes

Vivisecting the Tui: The Qualifications Framework and Outdoor Leadership Development in New Zealand
Steve Crosby & John Benseman

Publishing Spurious Research Findings Won't Build a Profession: Response to Brand's (2001) Evaluation of the Wilderness Enhanced Program
Simon Crisp

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Research Brief: Can Journaling be Taught? An Exploratory Study
Janet Dyment & Tim O'Connell

An Overview of the Outdoor Council of Australia
Outdoor Council of Australia

BOOK REVIEW

Victorian Bushwalking & Ski Touring Manual (2nd edition)
Tony Keeble

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EDITION 15 VOLUME 7 NO 1, 2002

Editorial
James Neill

VIEWPOINT

Do Environmental Goals in Outdoor Education Reflect Client-needs or Outdoor Educator-needs?
Tony Pammer

REFEREED ARTICLES

Rethinking Professional Pathways for the Australian Outdoor Industry/Profession
Kathy Mann

Does Pushing Comfort Zones Produce Peak Learning Experiences?
Sarah I. Leberman & Andrew J. Martin

Outdoor Education Fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 1: Summary Of Incidents and Introduction to Fatality Analysis
Andrew Brookes

Determining Readiness for Therapeutic Adventure Programs: The Transtheoretical Model
Karen Pearce & Michael Boyes

Students Caring for Each Other: Outdoor Education and Learning Through Peer Relationships
John Quay, Stewart Dickinson & Brian Nettleton

Work Related Stress in the Outdoor Education Profession: A Management Perspective

Glyn Thomas

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Motive of Service

Kathy Mann

Book Review: Colin Mortlock Travels Alone “Beyond Adventure” Preferring the Company of Flowers to that of any Social Movement
Steve Bowles

EDITION 14 VOLUME 6 NO 2, 2002

VIEWPOINT

Might Outdoor Education Help Develop Intelligence?
Rob Hogan

REFEREED ARTICLES

On the Construction, Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Experience in 'Critical' Outdoor Education
Philip Payne

Ethical Adventures: Can we justify overseas youth expeditions in the name of education?
Pete Allison & Pete Higgins

Investigating the Inward Sounds of Outward Bound
Andrew Martin & Stephen Legg

Wages and Conditions of the Victorian Outdoor Education Profession
Sandy Allen-Craig & Bettina Moonen

Exploring Expedition Research Methodology
Eric Brymer

Experiential Learning: Using comic strips as 'reflective tools' in adult learning
Colin Beard & Toby Rhodes

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

The Crux of Risk Management in Outdoor Programs - Minimising the Risk of Death and Disabling Injury
Rob Hogan

Outdoor Education and the Reinforcement of Heterosexuality
Annie Dignan

Book Review: Climbing Lessons - Inside Outdoor Education
Bertie Everand

Book Review: The Power of Experiential Learning: A handbook for trainers and educators
David Mepham

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EDITION 13 VOLUME 6 NO 1, 2001

VIEWPOINT

Outdoor Education in Australia: Ruminating, Reflecting and Redefining: Why was I attracted to outdoor education?
Tonia Gray

REFEREED ARTICLES

Beyond Didactics:  A reconnaissance of experiential learning
Johan Hovelynck

Thriving In The Outdoor Education Profession:   Learning from Australian practitioners
Glyn Thomas

A Deepening Relationship With Place
Carol Birrell

Calculating Risks: Fine’s Mathematical Formula 30 Years Later
Tracey J. Dickson

A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of a Wilderness-Enhanced Program on Behaviour-Disordered Adolescents
Dell Brand

The Australian Journal of Outdoor Education:  A Review of the First Five Years
James T. Neill & Tonia Gray

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

The “Reasonable Man” Test: Or How Do We Know What You Did Was Safe?
Mark Collard

NORLD Board update

EDITION 12 VOLUME 5 NO 2, 2001

VIEWPOINT

Simple, Sophisticated and Committed:  Ways ahead for Outdoor Education in Australia
James Neill

REFEREED ARTICLES

"Stepping Around Things":  Gender Relationships In Climbing 
Jackie Kiewa

Seeing The Unseen: A Rock Climbing Experience
Lou Preston

A Pedagogy Of Production:  Craft, Technology And Outdoor Education
Brian Wattchow

What Can Environmental History Offer  Outdoor Education Practitioners?
Deirdre Slattery

'Dramaturgy':  An Holistic Approach To Outdoor Education
Andrew Martin

The Nature And Scope Of Outdoor Education In Victorian Schools
Alison Lugg & Peter Martin

Investigating The History Of Outdoor Education In South Australia
Bronte Pickett & Scott Polley

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EDITION 11 VOLUME 5 NO 1, 2000

VIEWPOINT

Can We Live Life Without Risk?
Tracey  J Dickson

 REFEREED ARTICLES

Community, Caring And Outdoor Education
John Quay, Stewart Dickinson & Brian Nettleton

How are Adventure Education Program Outcomes Achieved? A review of the literature
Marcia D. McKenzie

An Holistic Model Of Bush Counselling:  Cornerstones Of Practice
Allan Adams & Rob Sveen

Interpersonal Relationships As A Metaphor For Human-Nature Relationships
Peter Martin & Glyn Thomas

Moving Water Paddling As Critical Outdoor Education
Glyn Thomas & Jeff Thomas 

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Wilderness Therapy And Women In Recovery
Marijke Price

Blueprint For Qualifications And Accreditation in Oz and NZ
Simon Priest

Maitland Youth Outdoor Experience
Brendan Barrett

EDITION 10 VOLUME 4 NO 2, 2000

VIEWPOINT

Competence:  Not Just For Instructors
Jackie Kiewa

REFEREED ARTICLES

The Power To Change Through The Change To Power:  Narrative Therapy, Power and the Wilderness Enhanced Model
Paul Stolz

Risk In Outdoor Activities: The Perception, The Appeal, The Reality
Tracey Dickson, Jenny Chapman & Margot Hurrell

Wilderness And Delinquents: Strategies For Avoiding A 'Lord Of The Flies'* Experience
Dell Brand & Mark Smith

A Research Agenda For Adventure Education
Geoff Nichols

An Analysis And Profile Of Major Emotional Episodes And Their Antecedents, On A Six Day Wilderness Expedition
Stewart Dickinson

"The Scent Of My World": A Student's Perceptual Knowing Of Outdoor Experiencing
Johnna Haskell

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Vulnerability and Leadership in Outdoor Education
Tiffany Hodgson

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EDITION 9 VOLUME 4 NO 1, 1999

VIEWPOINT

Daring to Care?  Humans, nature and outdoor education
Peter Martin

REFEREED ARTICLES

Two Vital Aspects In The Facilitation Of Groups: Connections and containment
Martin Ringer

Facilitating The Development Of Generative Metaphors: Re-emphasizing participants’ guiding images
Johan Hovelynck

Directions In Outdoor Education Curriculum
Alison Lugg

On Adventure Therapy And Earth Healing:  Toward a sacred cosmology
Almut Beringer

Key Elements Of A Successful Wilderness Program For Delinquents:  A summary
Dell Brand & Mark Smith

Japanese Students Down-Under: Is Australian outdoor education relevant to other cultures?
Nola Purdie & James Neill

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Breathing Like A Mountain
Carol Birrell

EDITION 8 VOLUME 3 NO 2, 1999

VIEWPOINT

When Will We Fly?
Ray Handley

REFEREED ARTICLES

The Metronomic Society And The Natural Environment
Brian Nettleton

Nature-Guided Therapy:  A Case Example Of Ecopsychology In Clinical Practice
George W. Burns

How People Change:  Implications For Outdoor Educators
Sandy Gordon, Steve Houghton & Julie Edwards

If Only You Knew What I've Just Done: Adolescent Memories From A Tasmanian Wilderness Primary
Carey J. Denholm & Robert L. Sveen

Learning From Our Mistakes - Before It Is Too Late
Mark Brackenreg

Traffic Light Decision Making
Ian Boyle & Murray Toft

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Rediscovering Our Indigenous Heart
Graham Ellis-Smith

Client Change Analysis
Tracey Dickson

Facilitator's Notebook - The Soft Skills Of Wilderness: Interacting Effectively With Delinquents
Dell Brand & Mark Smith

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EDITION 7 VOLUME 3 NO 1, 1998

REFEREED ARTICLES

Does Outdoor Education Really Work?  A Summary Of Recent Meta-Analyses
James Neill & Garry Richards

Go Tell It On A Mountain . . . And  Let The Process Grow
Ray Handley

Education Ideology And Outdoor Leadership Education: Why ORCA And The AOEC Exist
Peter Martin

Exploring Together Outdoors:  A Family Therapy Approach Based In The Outdoors For Troubled  Mother / Daughter Relationships
Robyn Mulholland & Antony Williams

Home From The Woods And Into The Doghouse
Scott MacNaughton

'Burnout' - What is it to you?
Robyn Edwards & Tonia Gray

Wilderness-Adventure Therapy In Adolescent Mental Health
Simon Crisp & Matt O'Donnell

A Way For A National Outdoor Leader Course
Lesley Manfield & James Pearse

EDITION 6 VOLUME 2 NO 3, 1997

VIEWPOINT

The role, history and future of an Australian journal of outdoor education
Jay Henderson

REFEREED ARTICLES

First aid training for outdoor educators:  The more the better?
Andrew Brookes

Kids on Top II
Peter Holmes

Wilderness-adventure therapy in adolescent psychiatry
Simon Crisp & Nicole Aunger

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Outdoor education in Norway
Simon Priest

Friluftsliv - a way home
Nils Faarlund

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EDITION 5 VOLUME 2 NO 2, 1996

REFEREED ARTICLES

Emotional safety in adventure therapy programs:  Can it be defined? 
(Reprinted with permission from AEE Journal of Experiential Education)
Suzanne M Vincent

Processing the experience - Broadening the Vision
Tracey J Dickson

The efficacy of journalism as a reflective tool
Peter McKenna & Jackie Kiewa

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Profile of Dr Norm McIntyre
Jackie Kiewa & Terry Brown
 

EDITION 4 VOLUME 2 NO 1, 1996

REFEREED ARTICLES

Outdoor education and physical education in the national curriculum (reprinted with acknowledgement to JAEOL (UK)
A P Williams

When does wilderness adventure become therapeutic?  The need for broader frameworks:  Experiential Reconstruction of developmental foundation
Simon Crisp

Outdoor management development:  Changing an Organisation's culture
Bruce Hayllar & Tracy Taylor

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Obituary: Professor John Sutton

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EDITION 3 VOLUME 1 NO 3, 1996

REFEREED ARTICLES

New perspectives of self, nature and others
Peter Martin

The role of outdoor education in the 21st century
Geoff Cooper

Thoughts on managing directors in adventure programs
Simon Priest

EDITION 2 VOLUME 1 NO 2, 1995

REFEREED ARTICLES

Passion and aliveness in outdoor leadership: Leadership competencies from recreation to therapy
Martin Ringer

Applying the adventure-react model
Terry Brown

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Lesley Pearce:  A role model and inspiration

Pre-post abseil anxiety and perceptions of cliff difficulty
James Neill & Bernd Heubeck

EDITION 1 VOLUME 1 NO 1, 1995

REFEREED ARTICLES

Sea Trek - A mechanism for working with youth at risk
John Lally & Keith Cook

Transformational Moments in outdoor education
Brian Nettleton

A constructivist approach to environmental education
Sylvia Pilla & David Tulip


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