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Ketcham, Michael; Marion, James – Outdoor Communicator, 1982
The traditional emphases of outdoor education--cognitive understanding of ecological balances, sensory awareness, aesthetic appreciation of the natural environment are important to a wellness approach to life. Frost Valley YMCA (New York) is promoting the application of wellness concepts to its resident environmental education programs. (LC)
Descriptors: Behavior, Disease Control, Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Millemann, Diane R. – 1981
During the fall and spring, 20-24 high school students volunteer as Junior Counselors at the Outdoor School, which provides approximately 7,000 Multnomah County (Oregon) sixth grade students with an opportunity to live and study at 1 of 5 leased resident camp sites. Junior Counselors are recommended by their high school counselors and selected by…
Descriptors: Camping, Counselor Role, Equipment, Experiential Learning
Gilfillan, Warren C.; Burgess, Robert A. – 1982
Active preparation, participation, and follow-up by the classroom teacher are essential to the success of the Outdoor School, a week-long, resident, co-educational program of outdoor education for Multnomah County (Oregon) sixth grade classes and their teachers. This handbook briefly describes the classroom teacher's role; the resource study…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Environmental Education, Equipment, Experiential Learning
Download full textMingie, Walter; And Others – 1975
The residential outdoor program involved 60 sixth grade students, divided into 5 groups, distributed as evenly as possible. Each group consisted of leaders, followers, and children with experience in the field and those without experience. Teachers were also divided into 5 groups, usually two or three working together. Each team of teachers chose…
Descriptors: Camping, Classification, Cultural Awareness, Dance
Bankie, Brett – Communicator, 1979
In teaching fifth-grade outdoor education in the forest and in an old gold rush town, the outdoor education staff seldom uses textbooks but does use many reading/communication techniques to help transfer knowledge of many disciplines in a direct way. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: American History, American Indians, Ecology, Elementary Education
Kujawa, Charles – Camping Magazine, 1986
Discusses dealing with global issues in the camp setting in a way that broadens young people's world views. Topics include the educational advantages of the camp setting, desired outcomes for campers, guidelines for staff, and program ideas for dealing with issues such as environmental awareness, racism, and economic justice. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Camping, Day Camp Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Bohm, Rudy; Cole, Wally – 1982
Designed for sixth grade students to help them prepare for the Multnomah County (Oregon) Outdoor School experience, the workbook provides fundamental information about soil, water, plant, and animal resources. The workbook begins with an introduction to environmental manners (rules for working in the woods). A section devoted to each resource area…
Descriptors: Botany, Ecology, Educational Games, Environmental Education
Durden, John D.; And Others – OMLTA Journal, 1984
Two articles combined here describe aspects of the Akron, Ohio Public Schools' summer foreign language immersion camps for both students and teachers. The first article, "The Akron Story Part I: Summer Foreign Language Camps" (John D. Durden and Sandra K. Strauber), outlines the structure of the camps, in which students live in simulated…
Descriptors: College Credits, Costs, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM. – 1978
A supplement to seven previous bibliographies, this bibliography provides a guide to some of the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in outdoor education. Part I contains 68 citations and abstracts which appeared in "Resources in Education" (RIE) from the January 1977 issue through the October 1977 issue.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Camping, Conservation Education
Railton, Esther P., Ed.; Railton, Edward, Ed. – 1976
In cooperation with the Hawaii 2000 Outdoor Education Center, a summer ecology course for teachers on the Island of Hawaii developed and conducted an environmental school in Hawaiian outdoor education for 18 children between the ages of 9 and 13. Thirteen teachers enrolled in a California State University field course in environmental education…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Camping, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides
Daley, Paul F. – North Carolina Journal of Outdoor Education, 1979
The Eckerd Wilderness Educational System provides emotionally disturbed children with alternative education in a year-round wilderness camp setting. Journal availability: see RC 503 504. (SB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Counselors, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Education
Rosenstein, Irwin; Donaldson, George W. – 1977
The culmination of educational experiences in the outdoors is the resident outdoor education program. Involving teachers and pupils living and learning in the natural environment, the program emphasizes the development of human values and provides students with learning opportunities that focus on direct, real, and relevant experiences. Intended…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Gilfillan, Warren C., Comp.; Burgess, Robert A., Comp. – 1978
Directed to the Multnomah County, Oregon, sixth grade students who participate in the Outdoor School program, the reusable handbook serves as an introduction to the week-long, resident outdoor education experience which focuses on four natural resources: soil, water, plants, and animal life. Each week, four sixth grade classes from different…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Grade 6
Bohm, Rudy; Cole, Wally – 1982
Designed for use by sixth grade teachers in preparing their classes for the Multnomah County (Oregon) Outdoor School experience, the guide to the Student Preparation Workbook provides general information, descriptions, game materials, and answers to the exercises and puzzles. Beginning with an introduction to environmental manners (rules for…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Botany, Ecology, Educational Games
Miller, Rex A. – 1974
Within the realm of outdoor education, there are as many definitions of what it is or what it isn't as there are books. One definition is that outdoor education is teaching outside the classroom. It combines with and blends as part of the total curriculum. This handbook is designed as a manual to help train and support staff related to outdoor…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Creative Art, Curriculum Guides, Definitions
