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Research Mission and Goals |
Learn more about the NOLS Research Department
RESEARCH MISSION:
The mission of the NOLS Research Program is to support, develop and disseminate knowledge that contributes to education, to the preservation of wildlands, and to the quality of the experiences of those people who visit wildlands.
The program currently investigates a wide range of topics in wilderness ecology, education, management and conservation practices. We have conducted studies in and around the Western United States, Alaska, Mexico, Australia and Patagonia.
RESEARCH PROGRAM GOALS: (Link to our Strategic Plan for specific research goals)
- Contribute to the knowledge base for Wilderness education.
- Study the impact and value of teaching the NOLS core curriculum and specific course curriculum objectives to students.
- Discover what curricular design and delivery characteristics best allow instructors to reach NOLS educational goals.
- Explore what skills learned on a NOLS course have the most utility to participants after course completion.
- Examine both the costs and benefits of Wilderness education.
- Develop methods to mitigate human ecological and social impacts in Wilderness.
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