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Current research projects

Research Focus

Axis 2 - Benefits of outdoor education for students

Principal Investigator

Véronique Parent, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UdeS.

Associate researchers

Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, Preschool and Primary Education, Faculty of Education, UdeS.

Fabienne Lagueux, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UdeS.

Marie-Ève Langelier, Department of Social and Human Sciences, Outdoor Intervention Teaching Unit, UQAC.

Jessica Rassy, School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UdeS.

Danika Thériault, Department of Psychoeducation, Faculty of Education, UdeS.

Funding

Université de Sherbrooke, CIUSSS de la Montérégie Centre.

Date

2022-2023

General purpose

Circumscribe the effects of the HORIZON program on adolescents' general well-being and functioning, as well as on specific program variables (anxiety, self-efficacy and social skills).

Research Focus

Axis 2 - Benefits of outdoor education for students

Principal investigators

Marie-Claude Geoffroy (principal applicant), Jean-Philippe Ayotte Beaudet, Sylvana Côté and Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Date

Early 2021

General purpose

To test the effectiveness of École à Ciel Ouvert, a nature-based mental health promotion intervention implemented by teachers.

Research focus

Axis 1 - Outdoor teaching practices

Principal Investigators

Jean-Philippe Ayotte Beaudet and Félix Berrigan

Funding

Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec and CRÉPA

Date

Early 2022

General purpose

Describe and explain the trajectories of outdoor teaching practices with regard to individuals, contexts and pedagogical intentions.

Research focus

Axis 1 - Outdoor teaching practices

Principal Investigator

Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet

Date

2023-2025

General purpose

Identify the deployment model for outdoor education in Quebec schools. 

Research Focus

Axis 2 - Benefits of outdoor education for students

Principal investigators

Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, Michael Giamellaro, Abdelkrim Hasni, Patrice Potvin, Cathy Jordan

Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Date

2022-2027

General purpose

Compare learning situations in contact with nature outdoors with learning situations indoors in the classroom, in terms of their effect on the development of the ability to make spontaneous observations about living things in primary school pupils.

Research Focus

Axis 2 - Benefits of outdoor education for students

Principal Investigator

Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet

Funding

Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec

Date

2023-2026

General purpose

Study representations of the territory among native and non-native primary and secondary students.