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EDF1174

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Mr Mitchell Drummond

Offered

Peninsula

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the historical, philosophical and experiential foundations of human participation in outdoor environments through the discipline of outdoor education and environmental studies. This has developed as a unique discipline that studies how humans experience, interact with and have an impact on outdoor environments. It includes an examination of the significance of such experiences to individuals and communities and the consequences that follow for outdoor environments. Specifically, the unit presents a case study of how Australian environments have evolved and how human cultures, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and settler, have accessed, utilised, explored, exploited, managed and conserved these environments through time. In addition, students develop their understanding of current threats, e.g. resource extraction, climate change and recreational pressures, to the ecological integrity of these environments.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. understand the philosophical, historical and experiential foundations of outdoor education and environmental studies
  2. communicate theoretical and technical knowledge about the personal, social and environmental significance of human participation with outdoor environments
  3. analyse and evaluate information on human participation in outdoor environments
  4. demonstrate introductory level research skills in gathering, synthesising and presenting information on a particular Australian outdoor environment.

Assessment

Test (1600 words equivalent, 40%)
Case study (2400 words equivalent, 60%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • workshops: 24 hours over the semester

(b.) Additional requirements:

  • independent study to make up the required minimum hours during the semester (average 10 hours per week)

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Beau Miles

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Secondary health and physical education

Co-requisites

EDF1103