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Outdoor Leader Career Development: Exploration of a Career Path
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Wagstaff, Mark – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2016
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of the proposed Outdoor Leader Career Development Model (OLCDM) through the development of the Outdoor Leader Career Development Inventory (OLCDI). I assessed the reliability and validity of the OLCDI through exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis, and varimax rotation, based…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership, Leadership Training, Career Development
Honoring Gretta Berglund: The Case for Abilities and Limitations Assessment in Wilderness Leadership Training
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Wagstaff, Mark – Journal of the Wilderness Education Association, 2006
The purpose of this article is to discuss the ethical responsibility of instructors preparing outdoor leaders through extended expeditions. The tragic death of Gretta Berglund, a former outdoor leadership graduate, will be used to broach this serious issue. Do instructors take the time during training to ensure that each student has a realistic…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Outdoor Leadership, Physical Environment, Leaders
Developing Outdoor Leaders: Paul Petzoldt's Perspective.
Wagstaff, Mark; Cashel, Christine – 2002
Paul Petzoldt, an early pioneer in outdoor education, saw the need for trained outdoor leaders. This paper presents material from unpublished papers retrieved after his death that clarify and expand on his philosophy of leadership development. Key ideas such as: judgment, 20-20 vision, and use of wilderness expeditions, are expanded upon and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning
Paul Petzoldt's Perspective: The Final 20 Years.
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Wagstaff, Mark; Cashel, Christine – Journal of Experiential Education, 2001
Petzoldt's "grasshopper" method of teaching was a systematic adaptation of opportunity teaching or using the teachable moment. An excellent example of effective experiential education, it presented small, manageable bites of information which were immediately relevant. His emphasis on the importance of judgment and decision making and the first 24…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Experiential Learning, Group Dynamics, Leadership Qualities
The Paul Petzoldt Trivia Quiz: His Philosophy and Teaching Methods.
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Wagstaff, Mark – 2003
Paul Petzoldt, co-founder of the Wilderness Education Association (WEA), helped mold the profession of outdoor leadership as we know it today. After his death in 1999, numerous field journals, old speeches, and personal correspondence were salvaged in order to refresh, clarify, and preserve Petzoldt's philosophy and teaching methods. The…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Philosophy, Group Behavior, Leadership Qualities
Outdoor Leader Self-Awareness and its Relationship to Co-Leaders' Perceptions of Influence.
Wagstaff, Mark – 1998
A study examined the relationship between outdoor leader self-awareness and co-leaders' perceptions of leader influence. Thirty-three challenge course instructors for a major university in the Midwest operated as a peer group, working in instructor teams leading groups in an outdoor setting. Each instructor took a turn as leader of the day. All…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Credibility, Individual Power, Interpersonal Competence