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An Analysis Of Outdoor Leaders' Ethics Guiding Decisions, Denise Mitten
An Analysis Of Outdoor Leaders' Ethics Guiding Decisions, Denise Mitten
Research in Outdoor Education
Up to 70,000 people a year may participate in wilderness experience programs in the United States (Friese, Hendee, & Kinziger, 1998). Many more people participate in non-wildemess outdoor programs. Over 700 programs offer wilderness opportunities for personal growth in the United States with a predicted increase of 15 percent a year (Ewert & McAvoy, 1999). During these trips, the behavior modeled and the information shared by the outdoor leaders influences a large number of people, including people with many diverse needs. Garvey (1999) stated that outdoor leaders model what they hold to be the most appropriate behavior in a situation: …
Teaching And Evaluating Outdoor Ethics Programs: Setting A Research Agenda, Bruce E. Matthews
Teaching And Evaluating Outdoor Ethics Programs: Setting A Research Agenda, Bruce E. Matthews
Research in Outdoor Education
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Learning About Ethical Outdoor Leadership, Karen Fox, Mark Reed
Learning About Ethical Outdoor Leadership, Karen Fox, Mark Reed
Research in Outdoor Education
Outdoor adventure programming has responded to changing societal and individual needs by enlarging the goals and objectives of programs beyond the boundaries of the outdoor trip. Program missions, goals and objectives regularly include integrating people with and without disabilities, reinforcing appropriate school and societal behaviour in youth at risk, enhancing the self esteem of young people, teaching environmentally sound behaviour, and enhancing restorative healing for women survivors of abuse and people with terminal illness. These broader goals and objectives place different demands upon the outdoor leader and situate an outdoor trip within a larger context. This larger context connects outdoor …