title: Student perspectives of a place-responsive outdoor education programme

authors: Brown, Mike

subjects: place-responsive

abstract: There is a growing recognition of the role that places have in influencing learning In outdoor education. Being aware of the importance of place encourages the development of outdoor programmes that respond to the uniqueness of the locality and the community. This article investigates student perspectives of a place-responsive outdoor education programme. The findings indicate that this approach is a viable form of outdoor education practice that has the potential to foster positive interpersonal relationships and strengthen participants’ appreciation of and attachment to place(s). These findings contribute to a growing body of literature demonstrating that place-responsive outdoor education has the potential to enrich participants' understanding and enjoyment of places In addition to providing a challenging and enjoyable outdoor experience.

text: Student perspectives of a place-responsive outdoor education programme There is a growing recognition of the role that places have in influencing learning In outdoor education. Being aware of the importance of place encourages the development of outdoor programmes that respond to the uniqueness of the locality and the community. This article investigates student perspectives of a place-responsive outdoor education programme. The findings indicate that this approach is a viable form of outdoor education practice that has the potential to foster positive interpersonal relationships and strengthen participants’ appreciation of and attachment to place(s). These findings contribute to a growing body of literature demonstrating that place-responsive outdoor education has the potential to enrich participants' understanding and enjoyment of places In addition to providing a challenging and enjoyable outdoor experience.

year: 2012

title: Ideological underpinnings of climate change beliefs: A 13-year longitudinal study

authors: Milfont, Taciano L.

abstract: Research demonstrates that conservative political beliefs and ideologies underpin lower environmental concern, as well as climate scepticism and inaction. Our preregistered study extends this literature by examining the dynamic interplay between socio-ideological attitudes and climate change beliefs using longitudinal data spanning 13 years (2009-2022; N = 72,910). Specifically, we investigated potential gender differences in the temporal sequencing of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), and the beliefs that climate change is real and caused by humans. Between-person results from a multi-group random intercepts crosslagged panel model reveal that individuals relatively high on both RWA and SDO across assessments reported lower levels of climate beliefs. Most importantly, withinperson increases in SDO predicted subsequent within-person decreases in climate beliefs for both men and women, while RWA only decreased climate beliefs for men. Moreover, SDO had a stronger influence than RWA on climate beliefs over time but a reciprocal association also emerged whereby within-person increases in climate beliefs preceded decreases in SDO for both men and women. Thus, support for hierarchical social structures fosters climate inaction, providing an important extension to the dual process model of ideology and prejudice.

text: Ideological underpinnings of climate change beliefs: A 13-year longitudinal study Research demonstrates that conservative political beliefs and ideologies underpin lower environmental concern, as well as climate scepticism and inaction. Our preregistered study extends this literature by examining the dynamic interplay between socio-ideological attitudes and climate change beliefs using longitudinal data spanning 13 years (2009-2022; N = 72,910). Specifically, we investigated potential gender differences in the temporal sequencing of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), and the beliefs that climate change is real and caused by humans. Between-person results from a multi-group random intercepts crosslagged panel model reveal that individuals relatively high on both RWA and SDO across assessments reported lower levels of climate beliefs. Most importantly, withinperson increases in SDO predicted subsequent within-person decreases in climate beliefs for both men and women, while RWA only decreased climate beliefs for men. Moreover, SDO had a stronger influence than RWA on climate beliefs over time but a reciprocal association also emerged whereby within-person increases in climate beliefs preceded decreases in SDO for both men and women. Thus, support for hierarchical social structures fosters climate inaction, providing an important extension to the dual process model of ideology and prejudice.

year: 2025

title: Dendroarchaeology in New Zealand: extending the range of archaeologically useful species beyond kauri (Agathis australis)

authors: Boswijk, Gretel

abstract: Accurately establishing calendar dates for Māori wooden objects would place them in a secure temporal context and enable aspects of manufacturing and use to be explored within and between sites, and across time. Dendrochronology has the potential to produce accurate and precise calendar dates for wooden artefacts but in New Zealand application of this technique to Māori cultural material is limited as there is almost no overlap between wood species found in archaeological contexts and tree-species with proven suitability for tree-ring dating. Here we identify five archaeologically-useful species – kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia), miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea), rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) and totara (Podocarpus totara) – and assess their potential for dendrochronology. Of these, matai, miro and totara are identified as species that should be the subject of further comprehensive dendrochronological investigation.

text: Dendroarchaeology in New Zealand: extending the range of archaeologically useful species beyond kauri (Agathis australis) Accurately establishing calendar dates for Māori wooden objects would place them in a secure temporal context and enable aspects of manufacturing and use to be explored within and between sites, and across time. Dendrochronology has the potential to produce accurate and precise calendar dates for wooden artefacts but in New Zealand application of this technique to Māori cultural material is limited as there is almost no overlap between wood species found in archaeological contexts and tree-species with proven suitability for tree-ring dating. Here we identify five archaeologically-useful species – kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia), miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea), rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) and totara (Podocarpus totara) – and assess their potential for dendrochronology. Of these, matai, miro and totara are identified as species that should be the subject of further comprehensive dendrochronological investigation.

year: 2019