This Pass/Fail assignment is worth 10% of your final grade, and is due .
Before completing this assignment, carefully read the Trip Description (in the Trip Package), as well as Chapter 3 of Beames & Brown, Adventurous Learning, esp. pp. 24-25, 30-33.
Risk Assessment
“Risk” is not only a concept of recent origin (cf. Beames & Brown 2016), but a feature of many parts of our experience: physical, social, emotional, etc. In a brief statement or essay of no more than 300 words, describe the various risks involved in a trip such as “Encountering the Madawaska,” foregrounding those you think are most serious.
Learning Goals
One often-repeated risk management principle for outdoor educators is that risks should be taken only where they contribute directly to the learning outcomes of the experience (or, phrased differently, to the mission of the organization). What goals have you set yourself for this trip (or, if you are unable to attend, what goals would you set for yourself if you were to come)? Answer in no more than 200 words.
Personal Risk Mitigation Strategy
How can you personally minimize unnecessary risk, and optimize the outcome in any risky situation you encounter, while simultaneously attaining the goals stated above? Again, answer in approximately 200 words.
Group Risk Mitigation
What responsibilities lie not with you, but with your instructors? What can you expect from Prof. Price and your guides? Can your enhance the learning outcomes for the group as a whole? Another 200 words
This assignment asks you to think about the risks and learning outcomes associated with our upcoming excursion.
Submission
Answer all the above questions in a .docx or .odt document (to allow me to comment). For now, please submit your work twice:
- once via Quercus
- once via email to me
I’ll work on a more streamlined process as I get to know Quercus better.