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Evans, Will – Camping Magazine, 1996
A camp that is establishing a challenge course or climbing wall must ensure program safety. Discusses financial planning, selecting a contractor, adhering to standards for construction, inspections, staff training, screening of participants, and the administrative challenge of implementing and documenting proper actions. Sidebar discusses a study…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adventure Education, Camping, Inspection
Peterson, Michael – Camping Magazine, 1997
An account of an early outdoor leadership experience illustrates that a trip leader's role is to build a team capable of accomplishing goals without dependence on the leader. Only when campers are taken beyond their comfort zones does true learning and emotional growth begin. Sidebar presents eight dos and three don'ts of good trip leadership. (TD)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
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Abrams, Mary; Turk, Frank, Jr. – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
Describes development of an outdoor club at a special elementary school for deaf children. Addresses starting the hiking club, obtaining financial support, and recruiting adult volunteers. Student participants develop an appreciation of the environment while experiencing teamwork, competence, responsibility, companionship, and freedom. (DB)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Clubs, Deafness
Gillis, H. Lee – 1984
Focusing on the therapeutic aspects of camping experiences for delinquent and psychologically disturbed youth, this 382-item bibliography lists books, journal articles, theses, dissertations, and unpublished reports written from 1928 to 1983 on adventure education, wilderness experience, Outward Bound, therapeutic camping, experiential learning,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Experiential Learning
Steele, George J. – Outdoor Communicator, 1985
Suggests educational opportunities provided by well-planned campfire activities such as singing, skits, stories, cheers, and readings. Recommends planning a beginning, main body of the program, and an ending to create a meaningful, unified experience. (NEC)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Educational Planning, Experiential Learning
Roswal, Glenn M., Ed.; Dowd, Karen J., Ed.; Bynum, Jerry W., Ed. – 1997
Written primarily by camp administrators affiliated with the National Easter Seal Society, this publication is designed to help camp directors meet the challenges of including campers of all abilities in their camp programs. The first section provides an overview of the inclusion concept in general and at camp, and discusses legal and medical…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adapted Physical Education, Adventure Education, Athletics
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Bockler, Donald J. – Science Teacher, 1984
Describes a weekend wilderness experience that is part of an outdoor education program on fall and winter survival techniques. Training includes such classroom reinforcement and outdoor exercises as fire and shelter building, map and compass work, group cooperation initiatives, rock climbing, search and rescue techniques, and identification of…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Schleien, Stuart J., Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1992
The 12 brief articles in this "feature" or theme issue describe successful approaches to development of outdoor education programs which successfully integrate individuals with and without disabilities. Titles and authors are: "Outdoor Education and Adventure: Challenges and Rewards for All" (Stuart J. Schleien); "Benefits of Integrated Outdoor…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adventure Education, Camping, Disabilities
Ford, Phyllis – 1986
Because outdoor education programs occur in every geographic location, are sponsored by all levels of educational institutions, state and local government agencies, and private entrepreneurs, and have no nationally standardized curriculum or measures of competency or knowledge, outdoor education may best be defines as "education in, about, and for…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Conservation Education, Definitions
Gillis, H. Lee – 1985
Books, journal articles, and dissertations are included in this bibliography of 47 references related to adventure-based counseling. Titles refer to the therapeutic uses of various outdoor activities and include mention of wilderness camps, family camps, recreational and initiative games, wilderness solitude, canoeing, wilderness survival, and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Counseling Techniques, Experiential Learning
Little, Mickey; Peterson, Lin – 1985
A well-planned class camping trip is a learning adventure which develops personal values, generates lifelong learning skills, encourages group cooperation, and enhances knowledge of and appreciation for natural environments. This digest is a guide to help teachers offer this unique learning opportunity to their students. Separate sections present…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Lappin, Edward – 1984
Outdoor education programs ranging from simple, near-school activities to lengthy wilderness camping experiences can benefit behavior disorderd students. Studies of outdoor education programs for these students have shown positive effects including improvements in self-concept, social adjustment, academic achievement, and group cohesion. Many…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Behavior Disorders, Camping, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lewinsky, Tricia Zacharias; And Others – Volta Review, 1992
The development of an integrated, experience-based "Canoe" unit for a class of children (ages four and five) with profound hearing impairments is recounted, including initiating experiences (such as making a cardboard canoe), using the children's interests as the basis of unit development, and organizing a culminating one-day camping trip. (DB)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Class Activities, Deafness
Priest, Simon – Camping Magazine, 1987
Discusses effective outdoor leadership as the key to successful adventure programs in camping. Emphasizes unique qualities of adventure tripping and required leadership skills and styles: activity/safety skills, organizational skills, instructional skills, group counseling skills, and experience-based judgment. Provides suggestions for selecting…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Counselor Training, Empathy
Robb, Gary M., Ed. – 1983
Third in a series of papers resulting from the Annual Institute on Innovations in Camping and Outdoor Education with Persons Who are Disabled, this volume consists of 12 articles reflecting innovative efforts to bring exciting outdoor based programs to persons with disabilities. Addressing leadership training, innovative program approaches, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adolescents, Adults, Adventure Education
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