Research methods in outdoor studies

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Introduction

1. Entangled philosophical and methodological dimensions of research in outdoor studies? Living with(in) messy theorisation.

2. Ethical issues and practicalities in outdoor studies research

3. Designing effective research projects in outdoor studies

Part II: Qualitative methodologies - choosing an appropriate approach

4. Phenomenological approaches to research in outdoor studies

5. A critical examination of the place of interviews in outdoor studies research

6. Methods and techniques for capturing empirical material from experiences and stories in outdoor spaces and places

7. Mobilising research methods: Sensory approaches to outdoor and experiential learning research

8. Capturing complexity and collaborative emergence through case study design: An ecosocial framework for researching outdoor sustainability education practice

9. Ethnographic research in outdoor studies

10. Autoethnography: Creating stories that make a difference

11. Thinking the social through myself: Reflexivity in research practice

12. Finding my professional voice: Autobiography as a research method for outdoor studies

Part III: Contemporary creative qualitative methods

13. Creative nonfiction in outdoor studies

14. Shared-story approaches in outdoor studies: The HEAR (Hermeneutics, Auto/Ethnography and Action Research) 'listening' methodological model

15. Digital narrative methodology and multisensory outdoor ethnography

16. Practising feminist reflexivity: Collaborative letter writing as method

17. Post-qualitative inquiry in outdoor studies: A radical (non-)methodology

18. Together along the way: Applying mobilities through praxis in outdoor studies field research

19. Mobile methods in outdoor studies: Walking interviews with educators

20. Sensing the outdoors through research: Multisensory, multimedia, multimodal and multiliteracy possibilities lisahunter

21. Representing experience: Creative methods and emergent analysis

Part IV: Quantitative and mixed methods

22. Deriving metrics and measures in outdoor research

23. Scientific investigations in outdoor environments

24. Mixed methods research in outdoor studies: Paradigmatic considerations

25. Mixed methods research in outdoor studies: Practical applications

26. Quantitative analyses of small samples with complex data-structures

Part V: Disseminating, communicating and sharing research

27. Publishing and disseminating outdoor studies research

28. Research hubs: The theory-practice nexus

29. Knocking on doors in the policy corridor