Category Archives: Presentations
Deconstruction of the TIOBEC Passages curriculum presentation at AEE
Thanks to all of you for making the workshop a great one!
Piaget’s theory in outdoor education
What do you think about this presentation?
How it relates to the curriculum of a 13 year old boys outdoor education expeditions?
What is curriculum?
At the AEE Regional conference last weekend we came up with the following ideas…
-Learning progression
-Content of what is being taught
-Plan, goals, objectives
-A planned set of activities and lessons to meet goals and objectives
-Structure outline and guide for delivering information and promoting learning and growth
-What and how is going to be taught
-A guide for an educator to use to help facilitate the greatest transfer of knowledge to the students
Now my question is, how you define curriculum?
TIOBEC Passages program
On April 18th of 2008 at 9:00 am I’ll be presenting or better yet deconstructing the TIOBEC Passages program curriculum. This is going to be at the AEE Northeast Regional conference in Beckett, MA. I’ll see you there!!
Workshop description:
This workshop caters to individuals interested in learning about the Outward Bound curriculum designed for 13 year old boys in the “wilderness” setting. Participants will start immersing in the deconstruction of the curriculum by examining the different concepts of curriculum according to McNeil (1996). The concept of the humanistic curriculum is expanded and a link to the curriculum design (Tanner & Tanner, 1995) is created. By participating in the “elements of the curriculum” initiative individuals are going to experience the main elements of the Outward Bound Passages curriculum; training, main, final. A guided discussion enhanced by a presentation is followed. Then, a silent gallery/slideshow with a worksheet for recording words or phrases that comes to mind while viewing this gallery closes the design element component of the workshop. Lastly, participants will create the Outward Bound Passages expedition using all the elements discussed in the presentation. This last initiative is going to be done by participants interacting with each others and using some props provided by the facilitator. Participants will walk away with the basic knowledge to design a humanistic curriculum in a wilderness setting.
