Adventure Education

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Adventure Education
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Adventure Education

• Values process of participation
• Philosophical concepts
• Cooperation
• Challenge
• Risk
• Trust
• Problem solving
• De-emphasizes the product

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Adventure-Based Learning

• Physical and social development
• Project adventure (Karl Rohnke)
• Holistic educative process
• Increase personal confidence
• Increase mutual support
• Develop agility physical coordination
• Develop appreciation of physical self
  interacting with others

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Experiential Learning Cycle

• Experience or physical activity
• Reflecting
• Group discussion
• Generalizing
• Challenge with questions
• Applying or transferring

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Full Value Contract

• Social contractgroup membership
• Written or verbal
• Actions toward others
• Student ownership
• Must match groups intentions
• Contracts are the guidelines
• Appropriate behavior may be facilitated

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Challenge by Choice

• Students have options
• Comfort level is important
• Challenge levels
• Intratask variations/invitational teaching
• Respect choices
• But stretch their potential

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Emphasis of Standards within Adventure Education
Reference  Moving into the Future National
Standards for Physical Education, 2nd ed. (2004),
p. 11
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Assessment

• Portfolio
• Group focus group collaboration
• Document progress
• Positively independent
• Select examples

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Curriculum Development

• Define what you want students to achieve
• How will you know when students have achieved
  success
• Create a block plan
• Lesson plans
• Instructional strategies