Gateway to Outdoors
Partnership and Programming of Outdoor Education Centers in Urban Areas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22046075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paige O’Farrell (Mercy Medical Center Sioux City), Hung-Ling Liu (0000-0002-7546-2539, South Dakota State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 340 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci10110340 |
| OpenAlex | W3102323866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
The purpose of the study is to understand the challenges and opportunities of urban outdoor education centers in partnership and programming. The context for this study involves efforts by all-season outdoor education centers, Outdoor Campus (OC), in two urban areas in South Dakota (SD). Outdoor education scope and social-ecological framework were applied to guide this qualitative study. Semi-structured interview questions were used to interview eight outdoor educators in 2019, including four individuals from each service location composed of three males and five female educators. Qualitative content analysis was applied to identify common themes and essential quotations that emerged from the data analyzed through the interviews. Three main themes emerged: (1) gateway to our outdoor legacy (2) working together for outdoor education, including three sub-themes: formal partnership, programmatic partnership, and finding balance in partnership, (3) challenges as opportunities in outdoor education programs, including two sub-themes: common challenges and evolving process
Environmental education · General partnership · Geography · Medical education · Outdoor education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Medicine · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Urban Green Space and Health
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |