Current research projects
Research focus
Axe 2 - Benefits of outdoor education for students
Principal Investigator
Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise
Co-researchers
Adrianna Mendrek, Dawn Wiseman, Mitchell McLarnon, Marc-André Ethier, Mireille Joussemet, Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, Mathieu Gagnon, Jonathan Smith, Catherine Herba, David Lefrançois, Catherine Nadon, Marie-Claude Geoffroy
Funding
Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH)
Date
2023-2028
General purpose
Develop, implement, and evaluate the impact of an intervention on the theme of the climate crisis, combining several approaches, including art therapy (including the use of photovoice and visual arts) and philosophy for children, on the well-being and eco-anxiety of elementary school students, using a longitudinal experimental design.
Research focus
Axe 2 - Benefits of outdoor education for students
Principal Investigators
Julie Lane et Benjamin Gallais
Co-researchers
Jean-Philippe Ayotte Beaudet et une centaine de personnes chercheuses
Funding
Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH)
Date
2023-2027
General purpose
Develop scientific knowledge through research and investigation into student mental health and promising mental health practices (1); contribute to the training and mobilization of students in relation to mental health (2); Monitor and track promising practices in mental health promotion, awareness, prevention, and intervention (3); and Promote knowledge mobilization by implementing several activities to support this broad cultural change (4).
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.
Mobilization projects
Principal researcher
Jean-Philippe Ayotte Beaudet
Funding
Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec
Date
2023-2025
Mission
Write and distribute a guide to best practices for outdoor teaching and learning in schools, based on current evidence, in collaboration with various partners involved in this field in Quebec.
Principal researcher
Jean-Philippe Ayotte Beaudet
Funding
Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec
Date
2024-2026
Mission
Consolidate the activities of the community of practice established by the Research Chair in Outdoor Education and develop knowledge transfer mechanisms to promote a common understanding of outdoor education in an educational context.
Principal researcher
Jean-François Desbiens (UdeS)
Co-researchers
Jean-Philippe Ayotte Beaudet, Félix Berrigan, David Bezeau, Christian Leclair, Marie-Christine Morin et Céline Paré
Funding
Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec
Date
2024-2026
Mission
Develop educational materials for educational advisors, teachers, and childcare educators to support them in the fight against climate change.