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Effective leadership in adventure programming /Simon Priest, Michael A. Gass.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Champaign, Illinois : Human Kinetics, (c)2005.Edition: second editionDescription: xv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780736052504
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV181 .E344 2005
  • GV181
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Contents:
Philosophy of adventure programming -- History of adventure programming -- Individual behavior and motivation -- Group development and dynamics -- Technical skills -- Safety and risk management -- Environmental skills -- Trip planning -- Legal liability -- Experiential education -- Instructional methods -- Teaching models -- The process of facilitation -- Basic facilitation techniques -- Advanced facilitation techniques -- Facilitation roles -- Flexible leadership style -- Effective communication -- Experience-based judgment -- Problem solving -- Decision making -- Professional ethics -- Trends and issues.
Review: "Through Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming, Second Edition, readers will enhance their understanding of this rapidly growing profession. The authors provide in-depth descriptions and real world applications of the technical, organizational, instructional, and facilitative skills that are essential to adventure leadership. They also identify what they call the metaskills that superior leaders use to combine the other essential skills seamlessly and effectively."--Jacket.
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library REFERENCE RES GV181.43 .P75 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available YOU4600 | YOU6600 31923001741947

Introduction to effective outdoor leadership -- Philosophy of adventure programming -- History of adventure programming -- Individual behavior and motivation -- Group development and dynamics -- Technical skills -- Safety and risk management -- Environmental skills -- Trip planning -- Legal liability -- Experiential education -- Instructional methods -- Teaching models -- The process of facilitation -- Basic facilitation techniques -- Advanced facilitation techniques -- Facilitation roles -- Flexible leadership style -- Effective communication -- Experience-based judgment -- Problem solving -- Decision making -- Professional ethics -- Trends and issues.

"Through Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming, Second Edition, readers will enhance their understanding of this rapidly growing profession. The authors provide in-depth descriptions and real world applications of the technical, organizational, instructional, and facilitative skills that are essential to adventure leadership. They also identify what they call the metaskills that superior leaders use to combine the other essential skills seamlessly and effectively."--Jacket.

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