Mr David Gregory1 1Xcursion As our world faces massive technological and social changes, education has reached a pivotal juncture. Our current education system remains shackled by the ‘satanic mills’ of our distant industrial past. Just as the Industrial Revolution influenced...

A/Prof. Tonia Gray1, Sandy Allen-Craig2, Dr Cathryn Carpenter3, Dr Val Nicholls4 1Western Sydney University, 2Australian Catholic University, 3Independent Scholar, 4Independent Scholar and Practitioner The purpose/aim/research question of the presentation At the 17th NOEC in 2016 Sandy, Cathryn and Tonia challenged...

Mrs Anne Goodman1 1 Batchelor Outdoor Education Camp, 2 Batchelor Area School How can Visible Learning (VL) enrich the experiences of your customers? Visible learning is a John Hattie research based approach to improving student outcomes in classrooms throughout the world. Originating...

Ms Clare Dallat1,2 1The University Of The Sunshine Coast, 2Risk Resolve Failure to identify and adequately manage foreseeable risks associated with the task of determining participant characteristics in the program design and planning phase of an outdoor program can lead...

Mr Leon Cossar1 1Gregory Terrace Outdoor Education Centre The presentation explores the following question: What is the ancestry and purpose of storytelling and how can we share story in powerful ways to create connection to the past and hope for...

Dr Amanda Clacy1, Professor Paul Salmon1 1University Of The Sunshine Coast The UPLOADS project has been collecting incident report data since 2014, and has provided a summary of 2030 incidents from across Australia. Through the combined efforts of researchers and...

Mrs Georgie Chilcott1, Mr Dave  Groves2, Mrs linda Jolleys1 1Snug Primary School, 2Aboriginal Education Services Presentation Part one Dave Groves will discuss the redevelopment considerations of the site and the connection it has with the Indigenous Snug community.  He will...

Mr Tony Carden1 1 University Of The Sunshine Coast The experience and wisdom of practitioners have informed the development of various systems that seek to regulate safety in led outdoor activities. These systems include adventure activity standards, education department guidelines, operator...

Mr Nathan Burns1 1Survive First Aid This session investigates the logistical considerations and higher level decision making requirements of management-level outdoor professionals in unfolding emergencies. Areas of discussion include: management of mass-casualty incidents, inter-agency co-ordination, organisational review, designating team roles,...

Ms Jessica Brown1, Ms Bianca Dallan1 1Zoos Victoria PRACTICAL PRESENTATION: Let’s talk about love. Early Childhood is arguably the most important stage of a child’s development – cognitively, emotionally and physically.  When thinking about early childhood environmental education, the emotional...