This project evaluates the association between time spent outdoors with child school engagement, wellbeing and connection to nature. Data is collected as part of the amazing program run by the Jane Goodall Institute Australia, which provides a box of resources for primary schools across Australia aimed at educating students, and the community, via interactive and action-based programs about wildlife, the natural environment and challenges facing the planet.

Mark Kohler
James Forbes
Andrew Wicking
Peter Wicking

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More and more we are realising the benefits of moving the child learning experience outdoors and away from technology. This project evaluates the impact of a local school “waste-to-plate” gardening program on young students school engagement, environmental attitudes and connectedness to nature.

Mark Kohler

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This project investigates the construct of resilience by examining its factor structure, and relationship of these factors to the concept of agency and psychological wellbeing. Conducted in collaboration with Resilient Youth Australia (RYA), this analysis will provide a vital contribution to the theoretical foundations of our understanding of resilience.

Angela Osborn
Mark Kohler
Andrew Wicking
Peter Wicking

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This survey-based project investigates the relationship between nature-based learning and resilience, as predictors of academic performance and wellbeing in South Australian primary school children.

Angela Osborn
Mark Kohler
Andrew Morris
Jarrah Seager

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