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Learning Outcomes
1. | Advise appropriate bushwalking equipment for different uses and contexts with wide ranging challenges; | ||
2. | Evaluate and make evidence-based judgements on the application of bushwalking in an educational and recreational setting as appropriate to various client groups; | ||
3. | Adapt navigational concepts and appropriate navigational practice in complex and unpredictable situations; | ||
4. | Analyse and reflect on the historical, philosophical and environmental contexts of bushwalking in Australia and review current requirements related to the safety and well being of individuals and groups; and | ||
5. | Collaborate, plan and prepare an extended bushwalk with professional judgement and leadership utilising minimal environment impact practices to industry-accepted standards. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Practicum | Practical navigation skills and application of theory during field trips | 20% |
Test | Written navigation and trip planning test | 40% |
Project | Field Lab Planning Project | 20% |
Report | Reflective report | 20% |
Required reading
The ways of the bushwalker: on foot in Australia,
Harper, M 2007,
UNSW Press.
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