1. Visit the links provided to learn about Outdoor Education. After reviewing the articles, choose any two and provide a bulleted list of the key points from each article. (You will create two bulleted lists).
What is Outdoor Education?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outdoor_education
Definitions of Outdoor Education are given at the link below:
http://www.ardroy-oec.co.uk/schools-outdooreducation.asp
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2305/Outdoor-Environmental-Education.html
2. Answer the following questions using complete sentences and appropriate grammar and punctuation:
a) What is a classic definition of outdoor education?
b) Identify three of the key leaders in the field of outdoor education. Describe their philosophies, ideas, and contribution to outdoor education.
c) List ten (10) activities that are appropriate for outdoor education.
d) Name and describe some of the trends that influence outdoor education.
3. Decide on your choice of an outdoor activity that you would like to use for your course. Refer to the list of approved activities above. You may choose from that list, or request approval for a different activity by sending a message to Lesson Help in the message center.
Write a proposal about your choice to include the following:
a) The name of the activity.
b) Your reasons for choosing this activity.
c) Describe in detail how you will participate in this activity. Be specific, providing dates, times, and the people who will participate with you. In other words, what is your detailed plan?
d) Provide all of the resources available to you for this activity, including specific websites and the names of professionals or others who will assist you in completing your course.
e) Describe how you will keep your activity log. What format will you use? Will you keep your information in a spiral notebook? Will you keep it in a word processing document? Who will be your proctor? All of this information should be included here. Submit all of this information in the text box.