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Nicole Campbell; Mohammed Estaiteyeh; Isha DeCoito; Amy Robinson – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
This paper outlines the design, development, and implementation of a new Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (MSc IMS) program at Western University in Canada. The course-based program focuses on interdisciplinary education and experiential learning with a goal to foster students' academic, professional, and personal skill…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Graduate Study, Professional Development, Individual Development
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Asfeldt, Morten; Purc-Stephenson, Rebecca; Rawleigh, Mikaela; Thackeray, Sydney – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
Outdoor education (OE) is a broad term referring to organized outdoor learning . Given Canada's large size, sparse population, varied landscapes and diverse culture , developing a comprehensive understanding of the philosophies, goals and activities of OE in Canada is challenging. While Canada has a long history of OE, scholars struggle to…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Physical Activities
Notenboom, Rob; Moore, Jeff – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
Trek School is an outdoor school program for any Grade 11 students in Regina, Saskatchewan. During the program, students engage in a series of classroom, outdoor, and experiential activities. The various courses are taught through these experiences. The program is designed to help students develop in the areas of independent learning, critical and…
Descriptors: School Activities, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
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Cook, Justin – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2011
A senior secondary English curricular commitment to biblical relationality and narrative through Ricoeur's hermeneutics provides students a learning community where they are invited to awaken to the biblical story, to love each other and creation within their Christ given identity in that story, to think about their own narratives within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parochial Schools, Secondary Education, Christianity
Horwood, Bert – 1992
A professor of outdoor and experiential education reflects on the development of group relations and on lessons in outdoor ethics learned during a canoe trip in the Canadian Arctic. Written to celebrate a transforming experience, this paper illustrates the experiential learning and individual development that can result from intensive outdoor…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Canoeing, Ethics, Experiential Learning
Raffan, James – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1993
Cutbacks to outdoor education and outdoor education centers are inconsistent with the Ontario boards' goal of lifelong learning. Although traditional curricula consist almost entirely of public meaning, outdoor education yields personal meaning engendered by direct experience with what is being learned. Outdoor experiences are also essential for…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Horwood, Bert – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1995
Essential features of an outdoor integrated curriculum include experiential learning, whole process, authenticity, challenge, responsibility, and connection with the community. Additional factors that result only from outdoor learning include inescapable consequences, personal growth, and sense of wonder. Problems of curriculum integration include…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Russell, Connie; Burton, John – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2001
In a rural Ontario high school, students can spend a semester in the Environmental Studies Program, which features holistic outdoor experiences and high school students teaching elementary students outdoors. Post-course surveys revealed positive student attitudes toward the course and major themes of experiential learning, interpersonal skills…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Walters, Shirley, Ed. – 1997
An introduction (Maurice Amutabi et al.) begins this 25-chapter book on adult education and training (AET) in a context of globalization. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "The Impact of Globalization on Adult Education (AE)" (Ove Korsgaard); "In Defense of Civil Society: Canadian AE in Neo-Conservative Times" (Michael…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women