Abstract
This Alternate Plan Paper is a curriculum design for the incorporation of adventure education into secondary school health education to achieve lifelong wellness. Several schools have already established adventure-based programs in courses other than health education which have proven to be highly effective and successful (Hopkins and Putnam, 1993; Moore, 1986; Siedentop, Mand, and Taggart, 1986). For example, many physical education classes include outdoor adventure activities as a curricular alternative for conventional sports and games. However, at this time, there is no conclusive evidence that an adventure education program has been integrated into a health education curriculum.
Therefore, the intent of this paper is to develop a curriculum integrating adventure education with the traditional public school secondary health education curriculum. In addition, this study recognized that the goals of health education reflected in the National Health Education Standards are partially met by the objectives and context of adventure education. Specifically, the answers to the following questions were sought: 1. Why should adventure education be included in health education curricula? 2. How can adventure education be included in health education curricula? 3. How does adventure education relate to the National Health Education Standards? 4. What does a curriculum look like in which adventure education programming is merged within the framework of the National Health Education Standards?
Advisor
Marge Murray-Davis
Committee Member
Jasper Hunt
Committee Member
Harold Slobof
Committee Member
Steve Bohnenblust
Date of Degree
1998
Language
english
Document Type
APP
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Program of Study
School Health Education
Department
Health Science
College
Allied Health and Nursing
Recommended Citation
Weis, B. J. (1998). A curriculum design for the incorporation of adventure education into secondary school health education to achieve lifelong wellness [Master's alternative plan paper, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/1481/
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