I.O.L.E.

Institute for Outdoor Learning and Education

A resource for practitioners and academics in

Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership

 

 

 

 
Welcome to the Institute for Outdoor Leadership & Education (IOLE)! The Institute serves as a repository for information about academic and programmatic endeavors in the fields of outdoor/ adventure education and recreation, and therapeutic outdoor programs.  The Institute was created by the graduate students, staff, and faculty in the Department of Recreation and Park Administration, in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Indiana University – Bloomington.

 

The Institute provides access to a broad range of resources that are useful to both academics and practitioners.  The quarterly publication, Research Connections, offers a review of recent research in the field with an emphasis on practical implications.  The Adventure Research Cache is an ever-increasing database of accumulated research on the topic of adventure recreation and education.  In addition, the Bradford Papers are online as Bradford Papers Online.  The Bradford Papers is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to scholarly research in the area of outdoor education, adventure education, outdoor recreation and experiential therapy.
 
The Institute is also home to the Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education (C.O.R.E.) program, a semester-long curriculum emphasizing leadership, instructorship, and environmental stewardship and the Therapeutic Outdoor Programs (T.O.P.), a 15-credit hour graduate certificate offered through the Department of Recreation and Park Administration.
 

 

IOLE Resources

 

The Institute’s Mission Statement

 

Institute Staff

 

Links to other Resources

 

 

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