AEE Member Survey March 2009 Results
Question 4
What is the best data you have come across that verifies the effectiveness of experiential education? Summarize and/or state the source publication.
Articles, Books by Named Authors
Adkins, C. & Simmons, B. (2003) Outdoor, Experiential, and Environmental Education: Converging or Diverging Approaches? Eric Digest.
Arnold, M.O., Bourdeau, V. D., & Nagele J. (2005) Do You Know What Your Outcomes Are? American Camp Assoc
Bartle, M. (1999). Outdoor Education in a Peace and Reconciliation Community. In Outdoor Education and Experiential Education in the U.K. ERIC # ED471730
Bell, B. (UNH) research on the effectiveness of our program
Brookfield, S. (1995). Storming the Citadel
Brown, L.H. & Roodin, P.A. (2001). Service-learning in gerontology: An out-of-classroom experience. Educational Gerontology, 27(89), 89-103.
Bourdeau, V., (2004). 4-H Experiential Education--A Model for 4-H Science as Inquiry , Journal of Extension, October, Volume 42, Number 5
Bransford, B., & Cocking (Eds.) (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C. National Academy Press.
Bunting, C.J., (2005). Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Outdoor Education. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Boy Scouts of America Youth and Family Research Center (2005). The Values of Americans: A Study of Ethics and Character" Fact Sheet . BSA publication 02-849
Cain, J. In Defense of Adventure Based Education and Active Learning Opportunities
Cain, J. (1998). Teamwork and Teamplay . Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Caine, R.N., Caine, G., McClintic, C.L. & Klimek, K.J. (2008). 12 Brain/Mind Learning Principles in Action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Clynes, T. (2007). Wilderness Kids, August 2007 Issue.
Ferguson, Gary, (1999). Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild. New York City, NY: Thomas Dunne.
Frank, L.s. (2004) Journey Toward The Caring Classroom . Oklahoma City, OK: Wood 'N' Barnes
Gillis, L.H. & Speelman, E. (2008). Are Challenge (Ropes) Courses an Effective Tool? A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Experiential Education, 31(2), 111-135.
Gibson, P.R. (1974). Camping Intergrouping: A Synthesis of Theory and Action. American Camping Association.
Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2002). Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence . Boston, MA: Harvard Business School
Grassi, E., Hanley.,D., & Liston, D. (2004) Service Learning: An innovative approach for second language learners. Journal of Experiential Education, 27(1),87-110.
Hale, A. & Whittig, E. Realizing Language Equity through Service Learning. The Journal for Civic Commitment
Hammerman, D. R., Hammerman, W. M., &
Hammerman, E. L. (2001). Teaching in the Outdoors (5th Ed). Danville, IL:
Interstate Publishers, Inc. Chapter 7, "What Does Research tell the
Outdoor Educator"
Hattie, J., Marsh, H. W., Neil, J.T. , Edwards, G.E. (1997). Adventure Education and Outward Bound: Out-of-Class Experiences That Make a Lasting Difference . Review of Educational Research, Vol 67(1): 43-87
Jelmberg, J. R. , Goodman, G. S., Breunig, M., McLaren, J. (2007) The Outdoor Classroom: Integrating education and adventure . Mendocino, CA: Bored Feet
Kesselheim, A. D., (1976) A Rationale for Outdoor Activity as Experiential Education: The Reason for Freezin'. Littleton, CO: CMTF.
Kolb, D. A. (1983). Experiential
Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development . ISBN
0-13-295261-0
Levy, S. (1996). Starting from Scratch: One Classroom Builds Its Own Curriculum . Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Louv, R. (2006). Last Child in the Woods. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books
Luckner, J. L. & Nadler, R. S. (1997). Processing the Experience: Enhancing and Generalizing Learning. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt
Lynch, D. (2005) An Examination of the Scope and Variety of Adventure Therapy Programs within the State of Maine . Doctoral thesis, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
Marsh, P. (1999). What Does Camp Do for Kids? A Meta-analysis of the Influence of the Organized Camping Experience on the Self Constructs of Youth. Masters Thesis, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Martin, B., Cashel, C., Wagstaff, M., & Breunig, M. (2006). Outdoor Leadership: Theory and Practice . Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
McKenzie, M. (2003). Beyond The Outward Bound Process: Rethinking Student Learning, Journal of Experiential Education 26 (1), 8-23.
Moon, J. (2005). A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning
Neill, J. T., & Richards, G. E. (1998). Does outdoor education really work? A summary of recent meta-analyses. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 3(1), 2-9.
Nguyen T. M. H., (2007). Developing EE learners'
Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Gap to be Filled? Asian EFL Journal 21(1).
Newes, S. & Bandoroff, S. (2004). Coming of Age: The Evolving Field of Adventure Therapy . Boulder, CO: Association for Experiential Education.
Priest, S., and Gass, M. (2005). Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming. Boulder, CO: Association for Experiential Education.
Russell, K. C. & Harper, N. (2006). Incident monitoring in outdoor behavioral healthcare programs: A four-year summary of restraint, runaway, injury and illness rates. Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. 1(1), 70-90.
Russell, K. C. (2006). Evaluating the effects of the Wendigo Lake Expeditions program on young offenders. Journal of Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence. 4(2), 185-203.
Russell, K. C. (2005). Two years later: A qualitative assessment of youth-well-being and the role of aftercare in outdoor behavioral healthcare treatment. Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(3), 209-239.
Russell, K. C., & Sibthorp, J. (2004). Hierarchical linear modeling of treatment outcomes in outdoor behavioral healthcare. Journal of Experiential Education, 27(2), 176-191.
Russell, K. C. (2002). Assessing outcomes in outdoor behavioral healthcare. Behavior Management, March/April, 22(2), 12-18.
Russell, K. C. (2002). Does outdoor behavioral healthcare work? A review of studies on the effectiveness of OBH as an intervention and treatment. Journal of Therapeutic Camping, Summer/Fall, 2(2), 5-12.
Russell, K. C. (2006). Examining Substance Use Frequency and Depressive Symptom Outcome in a Sample of Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Participants. Technical Report 1, Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative, School of Kinesiology, College of Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN."
Russell, K. Summary of Research From 1999 - 2006...,Technical Report 2, Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative, Univ of Minnesota; May 2007
Russell, K., Gillis, L. and Lewis, T. G. (2008) A Five-Year follow-Up of a North American Survey of Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Programs . Journal of Experiential Education 31(1), 55-77.
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Paisley, K., Furman, N., Sibthorp, J., & Gookin, J. (2008). Student Learning in Outdoor Education: A Case Study From the National Outdoor Leadership School. The Journal of Experiential Education, 30(3), 201-222.
Rhode, D. L. (Eds.). (2006). Moral Leadership: The Theory and Practice of Power, Judgment, and Policy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
San Diego Region. (2005). Quality of Life – Risk and Protective Factor Research by Domain.
Schoel, J. (1989). Exploring Islands of Healing: New Perspectives on Adventure Based Counseling , Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Seaman, J. (2008) Experience, Reflect, Critique: The End of the Learning Cycles Era . Journal of Experiential Education 31(1), 3-18.
Silberman, M. L. (Eds.). (2007). The Handbook of Experiential Learning. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
Smith, M. K. (2003, 2009) Communities of practice, the encyclopedia of informal education, www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm.
Taylor, A.F., & Kuo, F.E. (2008). Children With Attention Deficits Concentrate Better After Walk in the Park. Journal of Attention Disorders.
Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of Practice Learning as a Social System
Wilkinson, T. Nature's Rehab Center: Noted author Gary Ferguson explores the world of troubled teens. Tributary Magazine.
Authors mentioned without reference to title
Ewert
McAvoy
Wurdinger
Hunt
Prouty
Panicucci
Gookin
Leach
Twight
Ilgner
Dewey
Tyler
Cajete
Knapp
Raffan
Kincheloe
Carnie
Denise & Harris, Johnson
Kellmayer
Sobel
Snively
Breunig
Databases and Journals
ACCT's parallel lines newsletter or the ISAN conference presenters
http://www.acctinfo.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=8
AJOE Australian Journal of Outdoor Education
http://www.outdoorcouncil.asn.au/13.html
American Camp Association has developed instruments to assess as well.
http://www.acacamps.org/research/enhance/directions.php
American Counseling Association
http://www.counseling.org/Publications/Journals.aspx
Effects of Outdoor Education Programs for Children in California, by the American Institutes for Research, submitted to the CA Dept. of Education.
http://www.air.org/news/documents/Outdoorschoolreport.pdf
Annie E Casey Foundation
Army Field Manual FM 622, Training Manuals for all types of Leadership Training and Development
http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/publications/field_manuals/fm-622-army-leadership-co.shtml
Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning
http://www.casel.org/downloads/SEL&CASELbackground.pdf
Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario
Dartmouth study that was done on the American Youth Foundation
http://www.ayf.com/prog_ilc_desc.asp
John Dewey's philosophy of experience
http://wilderdom.com/experiential/JohnDeweyPhilosophyEducation.html
Eckerd Youth Alternatives-Program
http://www.eckerd.org/advzip/admission/parent_resource.html
Education philosophies from World Learning in Brattleboro, Vermont
Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
http://www.elschools.org/design/DesignPrinciples.pdf
ERIC database documents
Educational Resources Information Center
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=advanced
Educational Benchmarking Institutes First Year Initiative at Brevard College
http://www.firstyear.org/fyi/index.html
Edutopia, Collaborative learning: http://www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research
Harvard Family Research Project
ISTD Journal Indian Society for Training and Development
http://members.tripod.com/istd/index.html
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
JAEOL
http://www.outdoor-learning.org/our_publications/jaeol/
Journal from ASCD
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership.aspx
Journal of the Boston College Counselors
Journal of Counseling and Development
http://www.counseling.org/Publications/Journals.aspx
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (JOPHERD)
http://www.aahperd.org/aahperd/template.cfm?template=johperd_main.html
Journal of Leisure Research
http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=508
Journal of Extension, Research on the effectiveness of the 4-H experience
http://www.joe.org/joe/2009april/a6.php
Journal of Extension, A Model for 4-H
http://www.joe.org/joe/2004october/tt3.php
Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
NATSAP: http://www.natsap.org/journal.asp
http://www.natsap.org/research_programs.asp
No Child Left Inside Conference, website
http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_sub_actioncenter_federal_nclb_studies
NOLS/University of Utah impact of wilderness education
Outdoor Behavioral Health Research Cooperative
http://www.obhrc.org/refereed_publications.php
Outdoor Education Research (Roger's website)
http://reviewing.co.uk/research/links.htm
Outward Bound research
http://www.outward-bound.org/staff_sub2_research.htm
Outward Bound Process Model
http://wilderdom.com/theory/OutwardBoundProcessModel.html
OBHRC studies
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative (OBHRC) http://www.obhrc.org/
JLR, Leisure Sciences
Ramapo for Children
jburidacunha@ramapoforchildren.org
http://ramapoforchildren.org/html/home.htm
Wilderdom by James Neill www.wilderdom.com
