Singapore Outdoor Adventure Education (OAE) — News and Research https://www.singaporeoae.sg/hub/news-research/ Keep up to date with sector developments, research findings, and stories from Singapore's OAE community en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:57:34 +0800 Isomer (https://www.isomer.gov.sg) Sectoral Datahttps://www.singaporeoae.sg/hub/news-research/sectoral-dataurn:isomer:resource:232932Understand the OAE experiences offered to our youths of varying age groupsMon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications S'pore travel agency Beyond Expeditions criticised for planning, safety issueshttps://www.straitstimes.com/life/travel/travel-agency-beyond-expeditions-criticised-for-planning-and-safety-issuesurn:isomer:resource:232875Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0800News SJI International resumes overseas trips amid ongoing probe into student's death in Maldives in 2024https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/sji-international-resumes-overseas-trips-amid-ongoing-probe-into-students-death-in-maldives-in-2024urn:isomer:resource:232874Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0800News Launch of SS 710:2024 – Code of Practice for Outdoor Adventure Education Activitieshttps://www.smf-sdo.org.sg/newsroom/launch-of-ss-710-2024-code-of-practice-for-outdoor-adventure-education-activitiesurn:isomer:resource:291654Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800Media Room S’porean student from SJI International dies during school trip in Maldiveshttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-student-from-sji-international-dies-during-school-trip-in-the-maldives?ref=more-on-this-topicurn:isomer:resource:232873Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800News After outdoor mishaps with schoolkids, instructors now required to go through detailed checklistshttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/outdoor-instructors-checklists-schools-students-rope-course-flying-fox-4191296urn:isomer:resource:232872Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0800News Forum: Steps being taken to enhance safety in outdoor adventure education activitieshttps://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-steps-being-taken-to-enhance-safety-in-outdoor-adventure-education-activitiesurn:isomer:resource:232869Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0800News Two months’ jail for instructor after pupil falls 4 storeys from flying fox, suffers fractureshttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/two-months-jail-for-instructor-after-pupil-falls-4-storeys-from-flying-fox-suffers-fracturesurn:isomer:resource:232865Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0800News All Schools to Benefit from Increased Capacity at New Outdoor Adventure Learning Centreshttps://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/20240223-all-schools-to-benefit-from-increased-capacity-at-new-outdoor-adventure-learning-centresurn:isomer:resource:171292Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0800Media Room Outdoor adventure education sites to be consolidated from 8 to 4; public golf course to make wayhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mandai-golf-course-outdoor-adventure-learning-centre-sites-moe-4141566urn:isomer:resource:232868Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0800News Forum: Outdoor adventure education methods and processes continually reviewed to ensure safetyhttps://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-outdoor-adventure-education-methods-and-processes-continually-reviewed-to-ensure-safetyurn:isomer:resource:232866Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0800News OAE Council reiterated the National Standards in view of the attention to volunteer instructor in SAFRA Yishun incidenthttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/volunteer-instructor-camelot-student-death-outdoor-rope-course-4073151urn:isomer:resource:171293Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0800Media Room Volunteer instructor given 6 months' jail over death of student during high-element rope coursehttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/safra-instructor-acsi-student-rope-obstacle-course-death-4047391urn:isomer:resource:232864Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0800News Outdoor adventure firm, staff member charged over death of ACS (I) student at Safra Yishun in 2021https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/outdoor-adventure-learning-company-and-staff-member-charged-over-2021-student-death-at-yishun-safraurn:isomer:resource:232863Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0800News Call for safety measures, changes to floating barrier after fatal kayak accident off Sentosahttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/kayak-accident-sentosa-floating-sea-blue-barrier-safety-3882881urn:isomer:resource:232862Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0800News Two Singaporeans die in South Africa after canoes capsize in Crocodile Riverhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/two-singapore-tourists-die-canoe-south-africa-crocodile-river-drown-3574351urn:isomer:resource:232858Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0800News 'Already lost half our instructors': Some outdoor education operators fear that new requirements may worsen manpower woeshttps://'Already lost half our instructors': Some outdoor education operators fear that new requirements may worsen manpower woesurn:isomer:resource:232857Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0800News Schools resume height-based activities but at lower capacity, after two-year suspensionhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/schools-resume-height-based-activities-lower-capacity-after-two-year-suspension-3246221urn:isomer:resource:232856Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0800News Height-based outdoor activities for schools to resume from Feb 2023https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/height-based-outdoor-activities-for-schools-to-resume-from-feb-2023urn:isomer:resource:232852Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0800News OAE Council convened a taskforce to support the resumption of height-based activities beyond schoolshttps://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/124/177e0e82-89f5-498a-bca3-82dd49855586/taskforce.pdfurn:isomer:resource:171339Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0800Media Room Progressive Resumption of Height-Based Activities for School Programmes from February 2023https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/20221128-progressive-resumption-of-height-based-activities-for-school-programmes-from-february-2023urn:isomer:resource:171315Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0800Media Room Opening Speech by Mr. Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law at the National Outdoor Education Conference 2022https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/national-outdoor-education-conference-2022-on-22-september-2022/urn:isomer:resource:232845Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0800Media Room New Council formed to revamp Singapore's outdoor adventure education sectorhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/council-outdoor-adventure-education-safety-infrastructure-2955191urn:isomer:resource:232847Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800News OAE Council to uplift the OAE Sectorhttps://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/124/0959ecca-5b77-43b9-aecf-b6a546c35412/oaec%20to%20uplift%20the%20oae%20sector.pdfurn:isomer:resource:171316Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0800Media Room Senior Minister Tharman unveils Republic Polytechnic’s new Xperiential Learning Centre at the institution’s 20th anniversary milestonehttps://www.rp.edu.sg/docs/default-source/about-us-doc/media-releases/2022/senior-minister-tharman-unveils-republic-polytechnics-new-xperiential-learning-centre-at-the-institutions-20th-anniversary-milestone.pdf?sfvrsn=709a37b9_6urn:isomer:resource:171318Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0800Media Room Sociotechnical systems as a framework for regulatory system design and evaluation: Using Work Domain Analysis to examine a new regulatory systemhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687017300558?via%3Dihuburn:isomer:resource:232911Carden, T., Goode, N., Read, G. J., & Salmon, P. M. (2019). Applied Ergonomics, 80, 272-280. Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Building Resilience Together Through Enhanced Outdoor Education Curriculumhttps://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/124/50bbc03d-7b1c-4b73-8736-3ec7b91baedc/23_Feb_2017___Building_Resilience.pdfurn:isomer:resource:171320Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0800Media Room ‘You want us to teach outdoor education where?’ Reflections on teaching outdoor education onlinehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14729679.2016.1147966urn:isomer:resource:232914Smith, H. A., Dyment, J. E., Hill, A., & Downing, J. (2016). Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 16(4), 303-317. Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Outdoor Education in Singaporehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/296734025_Outdoor_Education_in_Singapore?channel=doi&linkId=56da502f08aee1aa5f829d90&showFulltext=trueurn:isomer:resource:232929Ho, Susanna. (2016). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3451.3687. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Rasmussen's legacy in the great outdoors: a new incident reporting and learning system for led outdoor activitieshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687015300466?via%3Dihuburn:isomer:resource:232909Salmon, P. M., Goode, N., Taylor, N., Lenné, M. G., Dallat, C. E., & Finch, C. F. (2017). Applied Ergonomics, 59, 637-648. Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Unpacking a place-based approach – “What lies beyond?” Insights drawn from teachers' perceptions of Outdoor Educationhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X16300270?via%3Dihuburn:isomer:resource:232913Tan, Y. S. M., & Atencio, M. (2016). Teaching and Teacher Education, 56, 25-34. Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications The place and approach of outdoor learning within a holistic curricular agenda: development of Singaporean outdoor education practicehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14729679.2014.949807urn:isomer:resource:232927Matthew Atencio, Yuen Sze Michelle Tan, Susanna Ho & Chew Ting Ching (2015). Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 15:3, 181-192, DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2014.949807Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications ‘The strawberry generation… they are too pampered’: Pre-service physical education teachers’ perspectives on outdoor education in Singaporehttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1356336X14550939urn:isomer:resource:232924Atencio, M., Tan, Y. S. M., Ho, S., & Ching, C. T. (2015). European Physical Education Review, 21(1), 31-50. DOI: 10.1177/1356336X14550939Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Injury causation in the great outdoors: a systems analysis of led outdoor activity injury incidentshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457513004168?via%3Dihuburn:isomer:resource:232906Salmon, P. M., Goode, N., Lenné, M. G., Finch, C. F., & Cassell, E. (2014). Accident Analysis & Prevention, 63, 111-120. Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications The purposes outdoor education does, could and should serve in Singaporehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14729679.2013.798587urn:isomer:resource:232923Ho, Susanna. (2014) Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, 14:2, 153-171, DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2013.798587 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Seeking resilience and sustainability: outdoor education in Singaporehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14729670802670167urn:isomer:resource:232912Martin, P., & Ho, S. (2009). Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 9(1), 79–92. DOI: 10.1080/14729670802670167 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Relative impact of course components at Outward Bound Singapore: a retrospective study of long-term outcomeshttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14729670802597345urn:isomer:resource:232921Gassner, M. E., & Russell, K. C. (2008). Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 8(2), 133–156. DOI: 10.1080/14729670802597345 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Motivational predictors of young adolescents’ participation in an outdoor adventure course: A self-determination theory approachhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14729670485200421urn:isomer:resource:232916Wang, C. K. J., Ang, R. P., Teo-Koh, S. M., & Kahlid, A. (2004). Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 4(1), 57–65. DOI: 10.1080/14729670485200421 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications Effects of a five-day Outward Bound course on female students in Singaporehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03400836urn:isomer:resource:232920Wang, John & Liu, Woon & Kahlid, Abdul. (2006) Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. 10. 20-28. DOI: 10.1007/BF03400836.Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800Research and Publications