Michael J A Down
Biographic Data
| ID | 9486249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J A Down |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J A |
| FAMILY NAME | Down |
| SIGNATURE | DOWN M J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Notre Dame Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5568-9840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The preparation priorities and challenges faced by teachers in Australian secondary schools before outdoor education programs
Outdoor education promotes various socio-emotional, physical, and educational benefits. Preparation for these experiences must account for the curriculum, participants, environment, and logistics. The scale of such undertakings is reportedly prohibitive, yet there is minimal empirical evidence on teachers’ preparation practices. In this study, we aimed to describe the preparatory priorities and challenges experienced by Australian outdoor educati…
Contemporary perspectives of social capital building in outdoor education
Social capital refers to the interrelated relationships between members of specific communities. These relationships manifest through shared norms, voluntary associations, shared values, reciprocity and mutual trust. In 2008, Beames and Atencio explored the major themes of social capital and outdoor education’s impact on its development. This paper provides a series of contemporary reflections on social capital building in outdoor education by ex…
Inside or outside? The role of classroom setting location on child executive function
Spending time in nature can have many benefits, particularly for executive function. This explorative study examined the difference between learning settings on child's executive function in Australian children aged 8 to 10 (N = 24, female = 50%). A repeated measures design was employed using identical drawing tasks, followed by the Attention Networks Task, to measure executive function in participants one week apart. Data analysis found no signi…
Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis on social capital and active outdoor play
“I love being in the outdoors”
BACKGROUND: This qualitative descriptive study gauged the perceptions of adolescent focus group participants and outdoor adventure education teachers on their preferred program components to improve adolescent wellbeing during a secondary school outdoor adventure education program. METHODS: Five student focus groups (N = 29) and four key informant interviews were conducted. Manual clustering of transcripts and template thematic analysis involving…
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“I love being in the outdoors”
BACKGROUND: This qualitative descriptive study gauged the perceptions of adolescent focus group participants and outdoor adventure education teachers on their preferred program components to improve adolescent wellbeing during a secondary school outdoor adventure education program. METHODS: Five student focus groups (N = 29) and four key informant interviews were conducted. Manual clustering of transcripts and template thematic analysis involving…
The preparation priorities and challenges faced by teachers in Australian secondary schools before outdoor education programs
Outdoor education promotes various socio-emotional, physical, and educational benefits. Preparation for these experiences must account for the curriculum, participants, environment, and logistics. The scale of such undertakings is reportedly prohibitive, yet there is minimal empirical evidence on teachers’ preparation practices. In this study, we aimed to describe the preparatory priorities and challenges experienced by Australian outdoor educati…
Contemporary perspectives of social capital building in outdoor education
Social capital refers to the interrelated relationships between members of specific communities. These relationships manifest through shared norms, voluntary associations, shared values, reciprocity and mutual trust. In 2008, Beames and Atencio explored the major themes of social capital and outdoor education’s impact on its development. This paper provides a series of contemporary reflections on social capital building in outdoor education by ex…
Inside or outside? The role of classroom setting location on child executive function
Spending time in nature can have many benefits, particularly for executive function. This explorative study examined the difference between learning settings on child's executive function in Australian children aged 8 to 10 (N = 24, female = 50%). A repeated measures design was employed using identical drawing tasks, followed by the Attention Networks Task, to measure executive function in participants one week apart. Data analysis found no signi…
Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis on social capital and active outdoor play
Outdoor and Experiential Education (4 works) · Outdoor education (3 works) · Adventure Education (2 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (2 works) · Environmental education (2 works) · Experiential learning (2 works) · Outdoor activity (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (2 works) · Adventure (1 works)