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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"outdoor activities"”.
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Finding my way : outdoor activities programme for secondary schools
… study aims to prepare a five year programme of Outdoor Activities for Secondary Schools. In view of the findings made by Farrugia (Under Canvas, Unpublished Thesis, 1999), it transpires that such a programme would be well appreciated by the school's authorities, the children and their parents. …
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Young people and organised outdoor activities: a study of opportunities in national parks
… opportunities to participate in organised outdoor activities. It is set within a context of changing leisure interests, a growth in private sector leisure provision, and increasing emphasis on consumer choice. It argues that whilst, in principle, there is widespread support for young …
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Incentives and disincentives of adolescent girls participation in outdoor activities and recommendations for practitioners
… girls’ participation in and enjoyment of outdoor activities (OAs), with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of future advocates and stewards of our natural environment, outdoor activity practitioners and other interested parties must gain an understanding of adolescent girls and …
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Incentives and disincentives of adolescent girls participation in outdoor activities and recommendations for practitioners
… girls’ participation in and enjoyment of outdoor activities (OAs), with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of future advocates and stewards of our natural environment, outdoor activity practitioners and other interested parties must gain an understanding of adolescent girls and …
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A Comparison of English and Turkish Early Years/Kindergarten Teachers’ Understandings of and Practices in Outdoor Activities
… teachers’ understandings and practices of outdoor activities. Comparative research provides a wider understanding of the two different cultures’ current circumstances in outdoor activities. Such research provides in-depth understanding of educational aspects in different cultures, and …
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NATURE RELATEDNESS: INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCES AMONG RURAL, SUBURBAN, AND URBAN POPULATIONS IN CONNECTION TO NATURE SCORES
… under the age of 18 in their home, how many outdoor activities they participated in as children and currently as adults, and their hours of screen time per day. These variables were examined to measure their impact on Nature Relatedness scores. Results showed significant differences in the …
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Engaging with nature and work: associations among the outdoor environment and employee outcomes
… & Bolino, 2020) to examine how the type of outdoor environment (i.e., urbanity and natural amenities) and experiences of time spent outside (i.e., amount of time outside, enjoyment of time outside, outdoor activities), influence employee engagement and creativity. Participants included …
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Looking Through the Trees: An Anthropologist, a Museum, and the Sasquatch
… contributes to this impact, especially through outdoor activities, visiting the museum, visiting the Outpost general store, and the sharing of sighting stories. This work takes an in-depth look at the concept of the amateur museum, or micromuseum, and how it can contribute to the larger museum …
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Experimental learning programs : an analysis and review
… experiential learning--a program that utilizes outdoor activities for leadership and teamwork training--to understand the value proposition of such education for corporate clients. From this, a framework for implementing a successful experiential learning program was suggested and then analyzed …
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Feed Me: an in-situ Augmented Reality Annotation Tool for Computer Vision
… with digital artifacts between indoor and outdoor activities. For example, AR systems can feed images of the local environment to a trained neural network for object detection. However, sometimes these algorithms can misclassify an object. In these cases, users want to correct the model's …
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Garfield County resident perceptions of the indirect effects of the 2002 Winter Olympics
… upon tourism and those who participate in outdoor activities support the Olympics. Environmentally conscious residents are opposed to the Olympics. Most residents indicate that they do not support or oppose the event.
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An Architecture of Light: A Catholic Church for Blacksburg, Virginia
… have been arranged allows the opportunity for outdoor activities, as well as the contemplation of the beautiful ever-changing views of the mountains that surround the church. The difference in the nature of the activities that take place in each one of the buildings has been expressed through …
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Designing and prototyping networked collaborative play structures
Much of children's play time has shifted from outdoor activities to human-screen interactions on smart devices. While the digital world offers many creative play outlets that would be impossible in the physical world, the physical world has a wealth of hands-on learning and cooperative play …
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Urban Children's Experience of a Natural Place Outside of Denver
… analysis. I found that most children enjoyed outdoor activities at the summer camp, with new people, in the largely unfamiliar natural place; however, the short experience there was detached from how the children experienced their everyday fun activities, with family and friends, in their …
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Ecotoxicology and environmental education in the development of a turtle conservation program in Southeastern Tennessee
… and was comprised of four exercises with outdoor activities and quizzes. The guide was used by one local school as a part of their summer curriculum component. Teachers and students expressed their interest and enthusiasm while going through the research guide and expressed their desire to …
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Balancing outdoor tourism and recreation development and environmental conservation after major infrastructure improvements: dualling the A9 through Cairngorms National Park.
… perspectives of visitors in the National Park, outdoor tourism businesses, and<br/>experts, and comparing these to UGI allowed the exploration of changes from different angles.<br/>With the help of UGI, spatiotemporal overlaps between outdoor activities and two grouse<br/>species (capercaillie …
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Perancangan Hotel Resort Wisata Organik di Kota Batu Malang: Tema sustainable architecture
… from the following: Terms and conditions do outdoor activities, unique experience for tourists, creating an interesting image, all things are connected; correlated in the form of the from a resort hotel resort that can function better and in accordance with existing standards. After …
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Using Open Space Design and Water Harvesting as a Strategy to Bring Hydrological and Social Benefits to Dense Cities
… purification and green open spaces for social activities in residential high-rise condominiums (multi-family residences) in Wuhan, China. The study has compared hydrological and social benefits from 3 different design scenarios in the selected urban community: 1) the existing site design with …
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Do increases in task difficulty lead to corresponding increases in group efficacy, cohesiveness and performance?
… and team development training for all ranks. Outdoor activities are used at the centres as a catalyst to promote learning and exploration. Anecdotal evidence suggests there is a training effect from the centre activities however, a link to a specific effect remains elusive. The study, …
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Evaluation of an Updated Version of the Food Frequency and Sun Exposure Questionnaire for Assessing Vitamin D Status in Active Population
… factors, including sun exposure, sunscreen, and outdoor activities. Statistical analyses including paired t-tests, Spearman Rank Correlation, and Bland-Altman analysis were applied to determine the agreement and correlation between the FFLQ, food records, and serum 25(OH)D concentrations. …
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