Adventure Activities
Name: Adventure Activities
Code: DES14898L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Human Kinetics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. Demonstrate an understanding of orienteering, map design, route planning, climbing, rappelling, and safety protocols
2. Apply orienteering, map design, and safety measures for adventure activities
3. Create and set up orienteering courses, incorporate climbing and rappelling into activities, and respond to emergencies
4. Understand event logistics, marketing, participant management, and crisis response
5. Execute real-time event monitoring, conduct post-event evaluations, and develop leadership and communication skills
6. Organize, market, and execute adventure events for invited groups, building partnerships and collaborations
2. Apply orienteering, map design, and safety measures for adventure activities
3. Create and set up orienteering courses, incorporate climbing and rappelling into activities, and respond to emergencies
4. Understand event logistics, marketing, participant management, and crisis response
5. Execute real-time event monitoring, conduct post-event evaluations, and develop leadership and communication skills
6. Organize, market, and execute adventure events for invited groups, building partnerships and collaborations
Contents
1. Adventure activities for small groups
a. Integrating adventure in orienteering routes
b. Map Selection and Design
c. Route Planning and Control Point Setup
d. Incorporating Climbing and Rappelling Activities
e. Hands-on Practice: Design and Set Up an Orienteering Course
f. Safety Protocols and Emergency Response
g. Equipment Selection and Inspection
h. Safety Measures in Climbing and Rappelling
i. Harnessing Techniques and Knots
j. Practical Climbing and Rappelling Exercises
2. Adventure activity planning for the community
a. Event Logistics and Organization
b. Building Partnerships and Collaborations
c. Marketing and Promotion
d. Event Briefing and Participant Management
e. Real-time Monitoring and Communication
f. Post-Event Evaluation and Debriefing
g. Crisis Management and response
h. Leadership and Communication Skills Development
i. Final Project: Plan and Execute an Adventure Event for Invited Groups
a. Integrating adventure in orienteering routes
b. Map Selection and Design
c. Route Planning and Control Point Setup
d. Incorporating Climbing and Rappelling Activities
e. Hands-on Practice: Design and Set Up an Orienteering Course
f. Safety Protocols and Emergency Response
g. Equipment Selection and Inspection
h. Safety Measures in Climbing and Rappelling
i. Harnessing Techniques and Knots
j. Practical Climbing and Rappelling Exercises
2. Adventure activity planning for the community
a. Event Logistics and Organization
b. Building Partnerships and Collaborations
c. Marketing and Promotion
d. Event Briefing and Participant Management
e. Real-time Monitoring and Communication
f. Post-Event Evaluation and Debriefing
g. Crisis Management and response
h. Leadership and Communication Skills Development
i. Final Project: Plan and Execute an Adventure Event for Invited Groups
Teaching Methods
This curricular unit intends to:
• Engage students in hands-on experiences in orienteering, climbing, and rappelling to foster active learning and problem-solving, favoring experiential learning
• Cultivate communication, teamwork, leadership, and decision-making skills essential for both adventure activities and broader career paths, promoting interdisciplinary skill development
• Use digital learning tools for interactive simulations, online map analysis, and e-portfolios, promoting engagement, accessibility, and flexibility
• Implement self-regulatory assessment through self-assessment, peer feedback, and regular feedback loops, enabling students to monitor their progress and adapt their learning strategies
• Integrate service-learning components for community engagement, enabling students to apply their adventure skills for the benefit of the community, fostering a sense of responsibility and community relationship.
• Engage students in hands-on experiences in orienteering, climbing, and rappelling to foster active learning and problem-solving, favoring experiential learning
• Cultivate communication, teamwork, leadership, and decision-making skills essential for both adventure activities and broader career paths, promoting interdisciplinary skill development
• Use digital learning tools for interactive simulations, online map analysis, and e-portfolios, promoting engagement, accessibility, and flexibility
• Implement self-regulatory assessment through self-assessment, peer feedback, and regular feedback loops, enabling students to monitor their progress and adapt their learning strategies
• Integrate service-learning components for community engagement, enabling students to apply their adventure skills for the benefit of the community, fostering a sense of responsibility and community relationship.
Assessment
To pass continuous assessment, the student must obtain a final grade equal to or greater than 9.5 in the weighted sum of the proposed assessment tasks. Continuous assessment comprises a practical evaluation of mapping design, route planning and safety procedures for climbing and rappelling (learning outcomes 1, and 3 - 30% quote). The second practical assessment relies on student capacity for execute and monitoring the adventure activity (learning outcomes 2 and 5 - 30% quote). Alongside these practical assessments, for continuous assessment students must develop a group written report that encompasses the planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the event (learning outcomes 4, 5 and 6 - 40% quote). Assessment by exam and appeal exclusively include the report delivery, as it will not be possible to repeat the activity. Assessment practical components must be completed in continuous assessment.
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