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North, Chris; Brookes, Andrew – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2017
This article examines the use of case-based approaches to fatal incidents in outdoor education (OE) with a view to fatality prevention. Fatalities are rare in OE and therefore it is nearly impossible for teachers to learn how to avoid fatalities from their own past experiences. It is, however, possible to learn from the mistakes of others through…
Descriptors: Death, Accidents, Outdoor Education, Safety
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Brookes, Andrew – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2003
"Neo-Hahnian" approaches to outdoor adventure education assume their programs "build character." Social psychology research has found that "character" is almost entirely illusory. Outdoor adventure education programs may provide situations that elicit certain behaviors, but the belief in character building must be…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Bias, Context Effect, Criticism
Brookes, Andrew – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2003
In the first of a two part series of articles I argued that "character building" in outdoor adventure education (OAE) is a flawed concept. This, the second article, examines the persistence of the idea of character building in OAE in the face of strong evidence that outdoor experiences cannot change personal traits. I examine how the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Personality, Outdoor Education, Personality Traits