Structure adventure programs in two parts: preparation and training phase followed by the wilderness project¶

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Description¶

The paper recommends that programs using the empowerment method have two parts: preparation and training for the wilderness project, then the actual undertaking of the project. Training teaches a wide range of life skills and meets participants' special needs, while the wilderness task provides motivation to learn and an opportunity to use newly learnt skills. Participants spend approximately the same amount of time in preparation as doing the project.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A proposed wilderness task that requires the skills taught in training, so it motivates learning and provides opportunity to use new skills

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• adventure therapy program participants

Target Learning Goals¶

• life skills
• transferable empowerment process
• program-specific therapeutic goals

Affordances¶

• Mcwhirter Four Requirement Empowerment Model

Related Strategies¶

• Use isomorphic framing to draw parallels between the empowerment model and the program's primary therapeutic theme

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Hyde-Hills, I. (1998). It Is Better To Learn To Fish: Empowerment in Adventure Education. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED424058