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Please join us!
Please join us for the 36th Annual AEE International Conference in
Vancouver, Washington.
Why register today? A couple of last
year's Annual Conference Attendees said it best in our Annual Member Survey:
"It's such a gift to have an opportunity for practitioners,
administrators, students, therapists, school teachers, and others to connect
with one another and learn from each other."
"AEE conferences are a vehicle through which sound educational methods are
shared."
From Outdoored.com Rick Curtis, November
2007
"The caliber of professionals in the field to network with and
as presenters is the highest I've seen anywhere. Three days at an AEE Conference
is like a week of personal coaching from the best in the
business."
Frontier Airlines is offering 10% discounts on flights for AEE Annual
International Conference attendees. Visit Frontier and select more search
options. Please use the Meeting ID
4Q3QAZ.
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2008
Annual International Conference Scholarship Program
AEE would like to thank Jennifer Payne for managing the
2008 Annual International Conference Scholarship Program. Highlights of this
year's program:
- All 20 scholarships have been awarded.
- We received the third highest number of applications in the history of the
scholarship program (34), and the highest number in the past five years.
- The committee included dedicated AEE Members Karen Ulendorf, Dave
Ogrodowczyk, Nadine Budbill, Woody Belt, and was chaired by Jennifer Payne.
- The committee had some tough decisions to make as the applications were very
inspiring and of high quality.
- A large percentage of the applicants were students (more than in the recent
past); graduates and undergraduates studying education, recreation or social
work.
- Applicants were from all corners of the U.S. (17 states) and four different
countries.
- 17 scholarships were awarded to members, three to nonmembers who expressed
an interest in future participation in AEE.
- For half of the scholarship recipients, this will be their first annual
international conference; many have attended regional
conferences.
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Save the
Date
The Association for Experiential Education and Project Adventure are
excited to announce that the 5th Annual Research & Evaluation of
Adventure Programming (REAP) Symposium will be held March 18-20, 2009,
in Atlanta, Georgia.
The purpose of the REAP Symposium:
- To advance the adventure programming field through the production of
evidence-based practices and related research
- To connect funding agencies with programs/researchers
- To involve a wide group of people in an ongoing dialogue about
evidence-based research and practices
AEE's Council on Research & Evaluation (CORE)
supports this effort as part of their mission to promote research and evaluation
in experiential practices through technology, education and networking
opportunities.
A call for proposals and registration on AEE's
website will be available soon!
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No Child
Left Inside Act
From Abby Ybarra, Grassroots Coordinator, No Child Left Inside
Coalition
We are pleased to report that environmental education won a
major boost last week when the U.S. House of Representatives approved the No
Child Left Inside Act of 2008. The bill received bipartisan support and was
approved by a vote of 293 to 109. This is only one step in the process, but it
is a major one and gives the NCLI Coalition enormous momentum to keep working to
pass the bill in the months ahead.
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Stephen
Seay Profile
Experience-Based Education
From an interview with Steve Seay, in Dallas,
Texas
After 28 years if teaching secondary-school science, Steve Seay
traded the confines of the classroom for new educational initiatives. Although
he is proud of the nearly three decades he spent teaching at St. Mark's School
of Texas, he has always believed that the experience-based education that takes
place in the outdoors---especially on farms and ranches---is as valuable as the
formal education received in traditional school settings. "Students cannot
acquire some skills, like self-reliance, while sitting in a classroom," says
Steve.
Read
more.
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Alexander Rose Profile
An International Perspective
By Alexander Rose, Universidad Catolica de Valencia, San Vicente
Martir, Espana. Alexander is a doctoral student.
As soon as we
understand that a group is the smallest expression of a society, as experiential
educators acting on this small society, we can reach deeper and change ideas and
beliefs that would be very difficult to do in more traditional ways. My goal is
to empower both the group and the individuals, keeping in mind their differences
and similarities, and being open to learning myself.
I believe the power
of experiential education comes from participants being much more aware of
others and getting to know themselves better as well.
Read
more.
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AEE
Participated in the Experiential/ Adventure Summit
The first Experiential/Adventure Summit hosted by ACCT in Chicago,
September 16 and 17, 2008, drew more than 60 people, many with ties to AEE.
Participants from the AEE Board of Directors included Laurie Frank, Mike King,
Tom Lindblade, Maurie Lung and former Board president Denise Mitten. Bobbi Beale
attended from the Council on Research and Evaluation (CORE) and Rita Yerkes from
the Accreditation Council.
AEE looks forward to being a part of an
Experiential and Adventure Coalition going forward, with the intent to bring a
stronger voice to experiential education regarding public policy and
research.
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AEE Regional Conference Dates
Next spring's regional conference dates have been announced and more
information is available (or will be soon) on the regional websites.
- Rocky Mtn Region, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, February 20-22, 2009
- Mid-South Region, St. Martinville,
Louisiana, February 27 - March 1, 2009
- Northwest Region, Salem, Oregon,
March 12-15, 2009
- Southeast Region, Hampton, Georgia,
March 13-15, 2009
- Mid-Atlantic Region, North East,
Maryland, March 20-22, 2009
- Heartland Region, Williams Bay,
Wisconsin, March 27-29, 2009
- Northeast Region, Beckett,
Massachusetts, April 17-19, 2009
- West Region,
TBD
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Experiential Education in the News
Service learning gets young people
involved Hutchinson Leader, Minnesota, by Kim Asche, September 3, 2008.
Service learning provides developmental opportunities that promote personal,
social and intellectual growth, as well as civic responsibility and career
exploration.
Keuka College ranked 24th among
Baccalaureate Colleges by U.S. New and World Report, August 21,
2008
The Long Road to
College The Columbia Spectator,
by Ben Feibleman, September 16, 2008. If
a liberal arts education versus a practical education were likened to an
analogy, then the liberal arts education would be the Honda Accord...an
experiential education, on the other hand, [would be] a sports package...
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Partner
Announcements
NOLS offers the strongest Risk Management Training in the
industry - and at a discount to AEE members.
NOLS has several relevant and
well attended classes coming up including
- 10/24-25, Bend, Oregon
- 9/29-30, Jackson, Wyoming (preconference to the Wilderness Risk Management
Conference)
- 10/28-29, San Diego, California
AEE members receive a 10% discount. Accredited members receive a 25%
discount.
For more information or to enroll, please contact NOLS
Professional Training at 800-710-6657, x3, nolspro@nols.edu
Outdoor ProLink
We have some INCREDIBLE deals on
Sierra Designs tents and Sleeping bags for the month of September - 3 tents and
4 sleeping bags! For example; the Antares tent is $319 retail - the normal pro
price is $203 and right now it's available on Outdoor ProLink for $178! Same
great discounts on the other tents and bags! Log in
La Sportiva also has 2
promos going for September - the Imogene trail running/approach shoe, $95 retail
- usually pro priced at $61, now $53 - both men's and women's in both styles are
available.
Mountainsmith also has a promo on its ever popular lumbar pack,
Tour. Retail is $70 - normal pro price is $39, right now $35.
LEAPware has a new Fall Catalog, exciting management software
in the works and a forthcoming LEAP Magazine. Please visit LEAPware's website to
download a catalog and/or sign up to be the first to receive information on our
software/magazine: www.leap-ware.com. Also, AEE
members receive 10% off all orders when using the following code:
AEEX2008
Project Adventure
AEE Members receive a 10% tuition discount on all PA workshops! Project
Adventure's newest workshop brochure is available. Download a copy, email info@pa.org and include all mailing info or call 1-800-468-8898 x
4554. And remember, all workshops can be customized and held at your site for
your staff and/ colleagues!
Project Adventure is the pioneer in
facilities based adventure education. www.projectadventureinc.blogspot.com
Team Source, Inc. would like to be the first company you
think of when you need equipment, or props to run your training programs. Team
Source offers a 15% discount on all challenge/ropes course equipment and
portable props and training kits to AEE members. Contact David David Erwin,
President Team Source. Direct Line: 214-476-7289 Office Phone/Fax: 877-397-7284
david@teamsourceinc.com www.teamsourceinc.com
Teamwork Coaching
Free 60 minute leadership development
program entitled "7 Qualities of the Coach Manager - How To
Identify The
Ultimate Teambuilder". Get this free audio program and class notes by sending
an
email to Tom Heck. Include the following in the subject line of the
email: AEE 7 Qualities. Visit the website
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