A vontuurgerigte spanbou in 'n eietydse samelewing : 'n menslike bewegingskundige perspektief

[摘要] After ten years of experience as team building consultant, a literature study, an overseas study tourand the attendance of several national and international seminars on the topic, pointed out thatadventure as educational tool is founded in Human Movement Science. This emerging phenomenondraws on knowledge from several disciplines. This interdisciplinary character causes confusion anduncertainty amongst practitioners.Team building is relevant especially when people have to manage the consequences of a changingenvironment. Contemporary science calls for a different approach to practice which coincides withthe demands of a changing business environment.Adventure experiences can be optimised to the level of an educational tool. The educational value ofadventure is not a recent phenomenon but can be traced back as far as ancient Greek philosopherslike Plato (427 B.c.) and Aristotle (384 B.c.). This was rediscovered by a German philosopher andeducator Kurt Hahn (1886-1974) who founded Outward Bound. In 1970 Outward Bound principleswere integrated within a high school Physical Education curriculum. The success of ProjectAdventure made adventure experiences accessible to other disciplines including organisational developmentthrough team building.Whenever adventure experiences are optimised to a learning experience it is referred to as adventurerelated experiential learning. This process consists of a macro and micro phase.This study argues that adventure related experiential learning has it's roots in Physical Educationand therefore holds the potential to act as interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary bridge in HumanMovement Science. The aim of this study is to revitalise the image of a discipline that became fragmented.

[发布机构] University of Pretoria