Hi
Geoff Nichols has just published a paper titled 'Risk and Adventure
Education.'
Abstract: This article considers several research questions concerning
adventure education and risk. These are: What is the role and nature of risk
in adventure education? Is the outcome of adventure education to encourage
participants to take a more adventurous approach to life in general, or is
it limited to introducing thgem to socially acceptable forms of risk taking?
Is the scope of adventure education to use risks being reduced? If it is, is
this because of a greater general risk aversion in society or a greater
aversion to the risks associated with particular activities? If the scope of
adventure education to use risks is being reduced will it have to accept
this? These questions are not well developed in the theory of adventure
education. The article does this and relates them to the development of
theory in risk research.
Thought this might inform the discussion we're having.
Reference is Nichols G; Risk and Adventure Education; Journal of ?Risk
Research; 3 (@) 121-134 (2000). ISSN 1366-9877
The offprint I have suggests its available online but gives no address for
this.
Regards
Chris
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