| CODE | MSY4116 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Educational Outdoor Adventure | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Aims: The study-unit covers various techniques and activities that should be adopted in an outdoor educational setting. It is divided into two parts; theoretical and practical. The areas covered in this study-unit are intended to equip the students with the necessary skills and ability to plan and execute outdoor educational adventure activities for school aged students. Learning Outcomes: Through a three days, residential camp the students will be able to: - Analyse map reading and compass work; - Identify and execute orienteering and navigational demands; - Define clues to solve a treasure hunt; - Prepare a cradle and light up a fire for outdoor cooking; - Organise team building games; - Demonstrate the logistics behind an outdoor educational adventure activity; - Apply rope work to different adventure scenarios; - Locate and build an aerial ropeway. - Display the appropriate technique to abseil. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bunting, C.J. (2006) Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Outdoor Education. Champaign. Human Kinetics. - Proutry, D., Panicucci, J, Collinson, R. (2007) Adventure Education. Theory and Application. Champaign. Human Kinetics. - Gilbertson, K., Bates, T., McLaughlin, T., Ewart, A. (2006) Outdoor Education. Methods and Strategies. Champaign. Human Kinetics. - Louv, R. (2010) Last Child in the Woods. Croydon. CPI Bookmarque. - Wiseman, J. (1999) The SAS Survival Handbook. Hammersmith. Harper Collins. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE MSY2118 AND TAKE MSY2220 | ||||||||
| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Available to B.Ed Hons (Physical Education) students only. This study-unit may be held in Gozo. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Martin Borg Andrew Decelis |
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