R&E: Resources (Grants, Lists, Journals)
Research and Evaluation Resources
Funding Research and Evaluation
- The van der Smissen Research Endowment Fund
- Application
- Background and information on donating
- Betty van der Smissen in Memorium
- Betty van der Smissen Eulogy
- A list of foundations and funding sources that hold potential for Experiential Programming and Evaluation
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Funding Opportunities for Research on Experiential Approaches To Health
Research in Experiential Education
- Annotated Bibliographies covering Therapeutic Adventure, EE in schools K-12; Wilderness programming, and Experiential/Outdoor programming
- Experience-based Training & Development Research Studies (Dr. Simon Priest & colleagues, 1989-1997)
- Outdoor Education Research A - Z
- Outdoor Education Research and Evaluation Center
- Indiana University Adventure Research Cache
- Outward Bound Philosophy, Theory, Research & Evaluation Publications
- Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Research Symposia Proceedings
- Adventure Therapy Research Literature Reviews
- Gillis & Spellman (2008) Challenge Course Research Bibliography: Studies with Control or Comparison Groups
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Journals focused on Experiential Education
- AEE’s Journal of Experiential Education
- Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
- Australian Journal of Outdoor Education
- Refereed Journals that publish Outdoor Education Philosophy, Theory, and Research
- The Outdoor and Adventure Education Research Listserv based out of the U.K. is an international listserv focused exclusively on research oriented topics
- The Evidence Based Experiential Education Research Discussion List or “E-BEERS” is a U.S. based listserv focused primarily on the quantitative evaluation of experiential programming
- The Environmental Education Listserv is based out of the U.K. and is “For those interested in environmental education and education for sustainable living through research and scholarship.
- The Adventure Therapy Discussion List is based out of the U.S. and is not exclusively Research focused but is utilized by many researchers with an adventure therapy/therapeutic adventure focus
- The AEE Listserv is the listserv sponsored by AEE for its members and offers broad access to researchers and practitioners across many of the sub-disciplines of Experiential Education.
- The AEE Experience-Based Training and Development listserv ebtd@aeelist.org, ebtd-join@aeelist.org
- Other Outdoor & Experiential Education Discussion Lists
