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Barcott, Bruce – Horizons, 2002
A high-profile liability case concerning a fatal ice-climbing accident provides the background for this discussion of liability issues in adventure activities. A brief history of outdoor adventure litigation, emerging trends, and how outdoor guides can protect themselves and their clients is presented. Guides should candidly describe the risks…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adventure Education, Court Litigation, Insurance
Hovelynk, Johan – Horizons, 2000
"Moments at the edge" occur when adventure participants reach the boundaries of their assumptions and mental frames and are ready to experiment with a new, more successful, mindset. Facilitators can support this experiment if the moment is recognized. Several indicators of the edge are described, and a case study of "edgework"…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Attitude Change, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures
Walker, Rod – Horizons, 1998
Within diverse outdoor educational activities, a core experience of connection with the earth balances self, others, and nature with elements of ritual. Most effective when experiential, integrated, and technologically simple, the core experience's educative power lies in awakening awareness of interconnectedness between human and nonhuman life.…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Educational Benefits, Educational Principles, Environmental Education
Brown, Heather – Horizons, 2000
Participant responsibility in outdoor education programs is placed on a continuum from passenger status through participant and partner to practitioner. Corresponding leader roles are directive, coaching, supporting, and delegating. The disempowering effects of the passenger approach to risk management and the value of teaching a group to manage…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Strategies, Empowerment, Leadership Styles
Gassner, Michael – Horizons, 2002
Outdoor adventure educators need a solid foundation in theoretical knowledge that will influence and guide equally important practical skills. A strong sense of professional practice should be instilled in new outdoor adventure educators to prevent them from becoming insulated in their ideas and practices. Philosophical underpinnings and good…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Leadership Qualities
McGowan, Michael – Horizons, 2000
Nineteen practitioners, academics, and students of outdoor and adventure education explored the role of adventure education in promoting spiritual development at a think tank held in 1999 in Cumbria (England). Discussions on the nature of spirituality, outdoor education elements conducive to spiritual development, and ethical considerations…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Educational Philosophy, Ethics, Foreign Countries
Grant, Frank – Horizons, 2002
A false allegation of sexual abuse at a residential outdoor education facility demonstrates why programs should have written policies and procedures directing staff how to respond to infatuations and "come-on" traps of young people; how to avoid bodily contact, being alone with a group, or dealing emotionally and physically with…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Child Relationship, Behavior Standards, Child Abuse
