Heidi Smith is a Lecturer in Outdoor Education, at the University of Tasmania and is currently working on her PhD study entitled, “The Wisdom and Insights of Extraordinary Outdoor Leaders: An Australian Case Study”, and is seeking assistance to identify participants for her study.

This study aims to determine the essence of ‘extraordinary’ outdoor leadership and has gained approval through the ethics committee at the University of Wollongong.

The first step in this project is to ask people in the industry to give their views on who they regard to be ‘extraordinary’ outdoor leaders.  The definition of ‘extraordinary’ has been purposely left open ended so as not to direct responses in any way.  The intention is to gather open views on this issue, rather than text book answers.

Heidi is looking for ‘extraordinary’ outdoor leaders who are currently working in outdoor education in Australia.  They can be working in state or private organisations including schools and outdoor education centres, where the focus is on outdoor education.

Please click on the link below and complete the survey by March 5, 2008.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FsZIpzUC24x5gvH5Kl70Cw_3d_3d

I thank you for your time, and for assisting Heidi in her research.  If you have any questions or require any further information regarding her study, please do not hesitate to contact her. 

Heidi Smith
Lecturer
Outdoor Education
Centre for Human Movement
Faculty of Education
University of Tasmania
Locked Bag 1330
Launceston TAS 7250
Tel: 03 6324 3511
Fax: 03 6324 3679