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Resources: Outward Bound for Adventure
By Tobi Kibel Piatek | March 18, 2009
In the final lesson of the Making Connections course, students are asked to suggest some resources that they find valuable.
Students have offered lots of great ideas that will be enhancing the resources available within the course, but with spring popping up all around, I think it is a good time to share some of the recommended resources specific to outdoor, adventure, and experiential education, though, (as it was pointed out) “the information and strategies could probably be applied to a lot of K-12 classrooms.”
Outward Bound Goes to the Inner City
This journal article describes a program at the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center in Boston (Massachusetts) that supplements the traditional program of ropes and rocks with community service, giving urban students opportunities to try out new leadership skills in local neighborhoods.
Buchanan, D. (2000).Educational Leadership v 50 Dec 1992/Jan 1993 38-41.
Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound
(ELS) is a national, non-profit organization that opens new elementary, middle and college-oriented secondary schools, and partners with existing schools, to improve student achievement; build student character; enhance teacher practices; and instill a positive school culture. The ELS approach promotes rigorous and engaging curriculum; active, inquiry-based pedagogy; and a school culture that demands and teaches compassion and good citizenship.
Adventure Education and Outward Bound: Out-of-class experiences that make a lasting difference
This article examines the effects of adventure programs on a diverse array of outcomes such as self-concept, locus of control, and leadership.
John A. Hattie, Herbert W. Marsh, James T. Neill, Garry E. Richards, Review of Educational Research v 67 Spring 1997 43-87.
Cowstails and Cobras II: A Guide to Games, Initiatives, Ropes Courses, and Adventure Curriculum. Karl Rohnke, Project Adventure, Inc. in cooperation with Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 1989.4. ISBN 0840354347, 9780840354341
Topics: Outdoor Education, RESOURCES, Resources for Mentor, Resources for Teacher |
March 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Cool stuff, thanks for sharing.