Lecture: 5 hours/semester
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Field Experience: 55 hours/semester
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as experiential learning, field trips, practical applications, inquiry-based learning, place-based learning, field observation, and peer-led teaching.
- Outdoor and alternative environment settings
- Aquatic and land-based settings (natural, park, urban)
- Seasonal considerations
- School-based alternatives (indoor, outdoor)
- Experiential learning
- Principles
- Application
- Theory
- Student-centred approaches
- Cooperative learning
- Social emotional learning
- Social and emotional development opportunities in outdoor settings
- Risk Management
- Risk management process
- Standard of care
- Quality and quantity of supervision
- Risk transfer
- Lesson and unit planning for outdoor and alternative environment settings
- Safety considerations
- Transportation planning
- Learning outcomes
- Equipment needs
- Budgeting
- Assessment strategies
- Authentic assessment
- Environmental Awareness
- Environmental care ethics
- Environmental awareness through an Indigenous lens
- Practical topic selection will depend on instructor experience, student experience, and available resources. The following is a partial list of possible alternative environment activities in which students will participate as both leaders and students to implement the knowledge and skills of effective outdoor education in a safe and educative context.
- Hiking
- Backpacking
- Rock climbing
- Parkour
- Camping
- Orienteering
- Cycling
- High/low ropes courses
- Caving
- Kayaking
- Canoeing
- Sailing
- Snorkeling
- Paddleboarding
- Water games
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify risk management and safety considerations while planning an outdoor activity;
- Align outdoor activity learning outcomes with BC Ministry of Education core curriculum competencies;
- Develop formative processes that encourage students to reflect on themselves as learners;
- Match student levels of ability (affective, psycho-motor, cognitive) to outdoor activities;
- Develop assessment and evaluation strategies for an alternative environment activity within an elementary or secondary school context;
- Identify potential for integrating curricula (examples: math, science, arts, health, nutrition, etc.);
- Design an activity that integrates experiential learning theory and pedagogy;
- Identify the overlaps between Indigenous philosophy and pedagogy with outdoor experiential education methods and philosophy;
- Utilize the “ethics of care” approach to explore our interdependence while demonstrating low environmental impact strategies.
Assessment will be in accordance with the 91 Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on the following:
Participation 0-20%
Curriculum Connection Lesson 0-30%
Risk Management Quiz 0-20%
Reflection 0-30%
Outdoor Activity Proposal 10-40%
Total 100%
This is a letter-graded course.
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Enrolment in the Graduate Diploma in Physical and Health Education.
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