文档介绍：Summary Statistical Report of Attendees at the 10th National Outdoor Education Conference, Colloroy, NSW, Australia, January, 1997
Garry Richards
National Outdoor Education and Leadership Services
James Neill
National Outdoor Education and Leadership Services
Carolyn Butters
Victoria University
1997
ABSTRACT
This is a statistical summary report of results from the Survey of Outdoor Education and Recreation:II (SOEOR:II) which was administered to attendees of the 10th National Outdoor Education Conference in Sydney, 1997. Of the 333 delegates, 113 (%) completed the SOEOR:II. Basic statistics include, among other topics, participants’ demographics, employment area, type of work, work conditions, location of programs, objectives of programs, evaluation of programs, outdoor qualifications, conference attendence, and attitudes about the qualities that are important in outdoor leaders.
INTRODUCTION
What is the state of Outdoor Education and Outdoor Recreation in Australia? This is plex question about an industry and profession which is currently faced with many challenges and opportunities. Answers to such a question tends to attract enthusiastic opinion, some of which is well-founded and some of which is not-so-well-founded. One of the problems in making accurate assessments of the state of play in Outdoor Education and Outdoor Recreation is the genuine dirth of factual information. How many hours per day do Outdoor Educators and Outdoor Recreators work? What do people in the field consider to be most important qualities of an Outdoor Educator/Recreator? How do the pay rates of male and female pare? What types of locations are being used for Outdoor Education/Recreation programs? The list of questions goes on and on. Some of the questions have been studied in depth by specific research studies, however, to date, there has been no attempt at a national survey to examine a wide range of information and issues which are topical and pertinent to the industry.