Personal Growth Through Adventure
- List Price: $33.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- Publish date: 10/01/2003
Description:
The growth of Outward Bound and other key providers in this field, the proliferation of Local Authority and other privately-managed outdoor centers, and the inclusion of outdoor and adventurous activities in the National Curriculum all point to the positive influence for personal growth, self-knowledge and social effectiveness which adventure experiences can provide the hands of skilled sensitive tutors.
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This book explores the purpose and history of adventure education; examines adventure education's psychological and sociological bases; and looks at the principals of effective program design in adventure education. The authors illustrate the increasingly relevance of experimental learning opportunities at the start of the twenty-first century using current case study of good practice with different groups.
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