Item: Modern Avalanche Education: About Rubber Gloves and a Card Game
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Title: Modern Avalanche Education: About Rubber Gloves and a Card Game
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Grenoble – Chamonix Mont-Blanc - October 07-11, 2013
Authors:
- Rolf Westerhof [ Snow Safety Center, Leek, the Netherlands ]
- Maarten Huisman [ Snow Safety Center, Leek, the Netherlands ]
Date: 2013-10-07
Abstract: Avalanche educators face a daunting task: they usually have very little time to convey a very complicated matter to an ignorant audience. So what is the best way to do this? Social sciences offer little solutions as most of their research on teaching applies to children. Two extremes however define the range of teaching techniques: on the one hand ‘constructivism’ (or ‘active learning’) where students do most of the work themselves by formulating and solving problems and on the other hand the ‘teachers run model’ (or ‘passive learning’) where the students are merely passive and ‘absorb’ the information coming from the teacher (Duffy, T.M., & Cunningham, D.J. 1996). Practicing avalanche educators know from experience they will need a combination of ‘passive learning’ and ‘active learning’. A card game and rubber gloves offer possibilities.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: avalanche education, active learning, avalanche card game, card game
Page Number(s): 473-474
Subjects: avalanche education avalanche safety
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