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the leading resource hub for outdoor educators
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Keen to study to become an Outdoor Educator? There are over 34 undergraduate university courses in Australia. More details here.
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Connect with your local outdoor ed community. Take advantage of training, resources and all that’s happening in your state.
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NOEC 2024 – SAVE THE DATE NOW!
NOEC 2024 will be held from 4 – 6 December at Federation University Australia’s Gippsland Campus, Victoria.
The event will be jointly hosted by OEA and Outdoors Victoria.
Additional Event Information will be posted to this page.
NOEC 2022 Highlights Video
The Australian outdoor education community finally came together at our National Outdoor Education Conference — NOEC 2022 — at the end of September at Leura in the The Blue Mountains.
OEA would like to extend our thanks and congratulations to Outdoors NSW & ACT for organising a wonderful event.
The conference was opened by Yvonne Weldon, OA, proud Wiradjuri woman.
Our next NOEC will be held in Victoria in 2024.
Enjoy the Highlights video from our 2022 event. (Link will take you to YouTube)
2022 OEA AWARDS Winners
The 2022 OEA Awards announced at NOEC 2022 recognised 5 categories.
- Outdoor Education Program — awarded to The Anglican School, North Queensland
- Service to Outdoor Education— seven people recognised
- Outdoor Education Practitioner — awarded to Emma Beveridge, QLD
- Outdoor Education Fellow —seven Fellows honoured
- Outdoor Education Emerging Practitioner — new category in 2022 —awarded to Lindsay Blinco, QLD
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Another recent ABC news item on the value of Outdoor Education but the worrying trend for students to drop OE in their later secondary years to manage their academic schedules / pressures.
Outdoor Education Pathways
Meet Lindsay Blinco, a young OE Instructor from Queensland and our 2022 Emerging Practitioner. Learn how he became an outdoor educator.
Discover other Career stories here.
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Out Now! August 2023 Issue of JOEE
The August 2023 Issue of JOEE has seven original articles that explore: the validity of improving character traits as a justification for outdoor education; the need for more climate change in OEE curriculum and OE planning; the history of environmental education in Irish primary schools; children’s outdoor lives in Iceland as a social activity that aids physical and mental health; connections with nature on an extended expedition; learnings from Canadian outdoor ed fatalities, and the milestones of outdoor education in Western Australia.
Here’s an overview. LINK.
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