Syllabus
Lectures: l. Introduction - safety principles, organisation and didactic approaches, function of experience.
2. Educational applications of outdoor activities.
3. Cycling and cyclo-touring.
4. Orientation and orienteering race.
5. Theory of game, outdoor games and initiative games.
6. Outdoor exercises and ropes courses.
7. Environmental education and games for nature perception and learning about nature. Seminars: l. Leading a group - division of roles, common tasks, reflection of an everyday programme.
2. Morning meetings - exercises.
3. Basic knots, rope work and information about belaying and abseiling.
4. Outdoor equipment
5. Preparation of a cyclo-touring trip, safety and turistika activities.
6. Games, cultural and creative activities. Campfire.
10. Evaluation of a course programme - other forms of reviewing. Exercises: l. Cyclo-touring - obstacle course, cycling in a group, a whole-day cycling trip, leading a group.
2. Orientation, map, compass, orientation games and exercises, orientation race.
3. Outdoor games - examples of small and big games.
4. Icebreakers, trust activities, initiative games, reviewing.
5. Outdoor exercises - a terrain run, obstacle courses.
6. Low and high ropes courses - didactic approaches and feedback.
7. Basics of climbing, bouldering, via ferrata, top rope climbing, abseiling.
8. Eco-games - preparation and realization of simple games.
Annotation
The course covers theory and practice of outdoor pursuits (cycling, cycle-touring, orienteering, climbing, and mountaineering), initiative and co-operative games, ropes courses, basic information about outdoor equipment, safety and environmental education. The course also provides a model programme of outdoor education for schools or leisure centres using experiential learning and adventure.