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.