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Preparing young people for a future of increasing uncertainty, complexity and challenge |
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Presentation to the Victorian Outdoor Education Association Annual Conference,
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, May 26-27, 2006 |
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What
would outdoor education look like if it was considered to contribute to the aims
of your school and what evidence do you have to demonstrate the effectiveness of
your programs in contributing to the overall educational needs of your students?
Self worth, goal setting, communication, teamwork, interdependence and any
number of a vast array of other ‘life skills’ have become the recognised
teaching and learning goals of today’s schools. At the same time, outdoor
education has increasingly becoming less about teaching outdoor skills and more
about teaching ‘life skills’ through adventure based experiences. The idea is
that by experiencing challenging situations in which self identity, goal
setting, conflict resolution, teamwork, followership and community action, etc.
play a part, students will, through guided reflection, gain insight into the
relevant life skill/s and employ that learning in other settings, to their
benefit. This workshop will present the Outdoor Education Group’s Educational
Framework, a dynamic curriculum framework that seeks to optimise learning
outcomes to assist students to positively interface with a future of increasing
uncertainty, complexity and challenge. It will also explore the role of research
in objectively measuring student educational experiences.