DES102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adventure Therapy, Outdoor Recreation, Risk Management
Recreational - focus on the activity / enjoyment,
Educational - more about environment, taking ideas away and learning, educational process
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Development - transfer, teamwork, trust,
Therapeutic - dysfunctional side of things, dysfunctional behaviours
Outdoor recreation can also be called;
• Adventure Education
• Outdoor Adventure Education
• Outdoor Education
• Outdoor Eviroetal Educatio • Eviroetal Educatio
• Outdoor Environmental Studies
• Environmental Studies
• Adventure Therapy
• Bush Adventure Therapy
Need to know:
• Vast array of names associated with learning programs in outdoors
• Need to be conscious of the theoretical background to each to understand their practice and
purpose
• Different areas will attribute different meaning to concepts
Adventure/risk/safety
What role does adventure play in education?
• Teaching kids about the environment, adventure in education does not have to be risky. If you
can create enthusiasm in adventure that can be seen as an adventure
• How can you be adventures and still be safe?
Risk management, the leader being familiar with the situation.
• What risks are acceptable to aid learning?
Elements of risk
• Potential to lose something of value
• Potential for a negative outcome
• An uncertain outcome - due to lack of information
Individual conceptions of risk
• Balancing risks and safety
• The idea that we require challenges an uncertain outcome to provide growth
Risk - the potential to loose something of value
Losses physical. Social, emotional, financial
Risk = (probability of occurrence X magnitude of consequences ) + public outrage
Public outrage is greatest when;
• Activities are unfamiliar to community
• Leaders are professional
• Children are involved
• Professional standards are compromised
• Participants are uninformed
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Document Summary
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