Adventure Education Defined

• Adventure education promotes learning through adventure-centered experiences.
• Adventure education can include a wide variety of activities, both outdoor and indoor.
• Adventure education is an active process that requires active engagement from learners and instructors.
• Adventure education can involve emotional and social risks.
• The outcomes of adventure education programs include leadership development, improved self-concept, academic growth, enhanced personality traits, improved interpersonal skills, and increased adventuresomeness.
• Program characteristics that contribute to these outcomes include the physical environment, activities, processing, the group, instructors, and the participants.

Additional Resources:

• Check out a variety of Adventure Education books in the High 5 Store.