Outdoor Education Links

The following links may be helpful for outdoor educators:

School Curriculum and Standards Authority

https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials/health-and-physical-education/outdoor-education
WACE outline, course summary, syllabus, assessment and examination materials.

Department of Education

The WA Department of Education has developed guidance for WA State Schools in the conduct of outdoor education and outdoor recreation activities.

This fits within the Safety and Welfare policy area and can be found online:

http://det.wa.edu.au/policies/detcms/navigation/safety-and-welfare/

The Outdoor Education Activities for Public Schools Procedures (effective 1 January 2019) has been replaced by the Outdoor Education and Recreation Activities policy (updated October 2019).

http://det.wa.edu.au/policies/detcms/policy-planning-and-accountability/policies-framework/policies/outdoor-education-and-recreation-activities.en?cat-id=3457100

The Policy has been revised and the updated policy will be implemented in 2021,

Recreation and Outdoor Education Activities for Public Schools Procedures EFFECTIVE ON 1 JANUARY 2021

http://det.wa.edu.au/policies/detcms/policy-planning-and-accountability/policies-framework/policies/recreation-and-outdoor-education-activities-for-public-school-procedures-effective-on-1-january-2021.en?cat-id=3457100

Outdoor Education Research and Evaluation Centre
http://www.wilderdom.com/research.php
A wealth of knowledge curated by James Neill including history and theory of outdoor ed.

Wilderdom - Groups Games and Activities
http://wilderdom.com/games/
This site describes classic and novel group games, activities, exercises and initiative tasks.

The 4th R - Recreation

https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/department/publications/publication/the-4th-r-recreation

The 4th R resource package aims to provide guidance for educators choosing recreation camps programs. These link to the WA curriculum for school years 4-7 and 8-10.

Developing an outdoor learning environment at your school

http://fsc.fernbank.edu/PDF/Outdoor%20Classroom.pdf

Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education (JOEE)

The Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education (JOEE) is an international journal of the outdoor profession produced by Outdoor Education Australia and strongly supported by the Outdoor Council of Australia. It continues the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education (AJOE).

Annual Subscription to JOEE is part of Outdoors WA organisational membership and you will need a two step password to gain access. if you have lost your password contact office(at)outdoorswa.org

Link to the JOEE login page

https://outdooreducationaustralia.org.au/library/login-to-library/

Australian Outdoor Providers will have digital access to an ever increasing library of Outdoor Education resources as a result of a new partnership with Springer, one of the world’s largest academic publishing houses. The Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education (JOEE), Australia’s premier outdoor education publication read by Outdoor Educators, was, until recently, published twice a year by the Outdoor Council of Australia. The new agreement sees the publishing of the JOEE passed to Outdoor Education Australia (OEA) in conjunction with Springer. The Outdoor Council of Australia is committed to provide ongoing support to the Journal’s development.

The new partnership between OEA and Springer delivers is a lot more than your standard journal! It encompasses:

• 3 new digital issues published each year
• Advanced online publication of articles prior to appearing in an issue
• A growing catalogue of short video abstracts for articles made available on the OEA website
• Over 100 articles from JOEE and AJOE back issues (JOEE was previously the Australian Journal of Outdoor Education – AJOE). These issues will be added throughout 2018.

Outdoors WA welcomes your input as an outdoor educator, if you know a site that we should add to this please send us a link to office@outdoorswa.org.au