Outdoor Education – Stage II
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| Subject Name: | Outdoor Education |
| Level of Study: | Stage II (can be undertaken by Year 11 students) |
| Length of Course: | Full Year |
| Prerequisite: | NA |
Pre-requisites
The study of Outdoor Education provides students with opportunities to experience personal growth and to develop social skills, self-confidence, initiative, self-reliance, leadership, and collaborative skills.
The development of their relationship with natural environments has a positive impact on students’ health and wellbeing and create a lifelong connection with nature and a commitment to responsible activity in natural environments.
What will be in the course?
Stage 2 Outdoor Education consists of three interrelated focus areas. Together, the learning through these areas enables students to develop and extend the core skills, knowledge, and understanding required to be safe, active, and informed participants in natural environments.
The core skills, knowledge, and understanding are developed through experiential learning in the context of activities and journeys in natural environments. Students study all three focus areas:
What specific topics will be covered?
Skills, knowledge, and understanding for learning in natural environments including:
Focus Area 1: Conservation and Sustainability
Theory and practical learning – research and application of learning
Focus Area 2: Human Connections with Nature
Practical learning – journey focused
Focus Area 3: Personal and Social Growth and Development
Investigation – Externally marked
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Outdoor activities might include: bushwalking, sailing, kayaking, mountain biking, canoeing, rock climbing, and surfing. Outdoor journeys involve human-powered activities between more than one site.
Students participate in outdoor activities and journeys in natural environments. Students undertake at least two journeys. Each journey has a duration of four days and must provide opportunities to build self-reliance (under indirect supervision).
The selected outdoor activities are varied, and based on student interest as well as the opportunity to extend the skills in a range of areas. Students should have adequate previous experience in an outdoor activity when they are under indirect supervision.
How will I be assessed?
| School Assessment (70%)
Assessment Type 1: About Natural Environments – weighting 20% (1600 words/~10min – presented as a report or multi-modal) Students develop an understanding of environmental systems and issues of past, current, or potential human impacts on natural environments through investigation of ecosystems and consideration of historical, cultural, and personal perspectives of at least one environmental area. Assessment Type 2: Experiences in Natural Environments – weighting 50% Task 1 Stories of Personal Development
Task 2 The Journey to Self-reliance
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External Assessment (30%)
Assessment Type 3: Connections with Natural Environments – weighting 30% Multimodal options (2000 words/12 mins) To evaluate, and reflect on a personal connection with nature based on recent experiences, which led to a further exploration of either:
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Students undertake:
| · Journey preparation activity days
· 3 four-day outdoor journeys in natural environments (one each in Term 1, 2 and 3) |
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