Introduction to adventure education (2cr)
Code: KURYP3-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2023 - 31.12.2023
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2024 - 31.07.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Liiketoiminta
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Adventure and Outdoor Education
- Degree Programme in Non-governmental organization (NGO) and youth work
- Degree Programme in Workplace community development
- Teachers
- Eeva Mäkelä
- Miia Riihimäki
- Sini Lahti
- Course
- KURYP3
Evaluation scale
Pass - Fail
Objective
Students
- Conceptualize community educators’ different work fields and duties in adventure education.
- Familiarize themselves with the basics, development and the present state of adventure education.
Content
Introduction to adventure education
Location and time
Timetable:
1st of January - 31st of June 2024.
Assignments should be completed by 31st of June 2024.
Materials
Please notice
Students need access to electronic books or paper copies of the following literature:
1) Karppinen, S. J. A., Marttila, M. & Saaranen-Kauppinen A. (toim./eds.). 2020.
Outdoor Adventure Education in Finland – pedagogical and didactic perspectives, Humak University of Applied Sciences Publications, 97.
Available at: https://www.humak.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/seikkailukasvatusta-suomessa-outdoor-adventure-education-in-finland.pdf
2) Beams, Simon & Brown, Mike 2016. Adventurous learning: a pedagogy for a changing world. Routledge.
3) Jeffs, Tony & Ord, John (eds.) 2018. Rethinking outdoor, experiential and informal education: beyond the confines. Routledge.
Teaching methods
The course is a self-paced online course and is completed independently. The course consists of reading literature, watching videos and working on collaborative online assignments with other course participants.
The course includes tree independent assignments consisting of three discussion board exercises.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
To pass the course the student must:
- The student must have independently completed the required assignments from three parts of the course
- The student has completed the course on time
The student must demonstrate mastery of at least 40% of the course's objectives in order to complete the course.
Further information
Students will learn about the foundations, development and current status of adventure and outdoor education. Students conceptualize community educators’ different work fields and duties in adventure and outdoor education. On the course you will study what is meant by "adventure" in the context of adventure and outdoor education. Moreover, you will study the charactheristics of Finnish Adventure and Outdoor Education. You will also get to know the various fields of adventure and outdoor education, such as youth work, organisational work, education, producing well-being services, as well as nature- and adventure-based entrepreneurship.
The course is part of the degree programme curriculum in Community Educator (Bachelor of Humanities), at Humak University of Applied Sciences. However, this particular course is open for everyone interested in Adventure Education, and it sheds light on Adventure Education both in the context of Community Educator Studies and in general. The course is well suited especially for students in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
Prerequisities:
not required, open for all