Reconsidering McKenzie’s Six Adventure Education Programming Elements Using an Ecological Dynamics Lens and Its Implications for Health and Wellbeing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. McKenzie’s Six Elements in Contemporary AEP
2.1. The Physical Environment
2.2. Activities
2.3. Processing
2.4. The Group
2.5. Instructors
2.6. The Participant
2.7. The Six AEP Elements in Context
2.8. Building on the Foundations of McKenzie’s Work
3. Ecological Dynamics
3.1. Representative Design
3.2. Constraints
3.3. Affordances
3.4. Perception and Action Coupling
4. AEP Design Using the Ecological Dynamics Lens
4.1. Capitalising on the Individual-Environment Relationship
4.2. Responding to Individual Needs
4.3. Moving away from Instructor Focused Activity
4.4. Academic Focus
4.5. Wellbeing Outcomes
4.6. Practical Considerations
4.7. Real Reflection and Transfer of Learning
4.8. Critical Evaluation
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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King, J.; Hardwell, A.; Brymer, E.; Bedford, A. Reconsidering McKenzie’s Six Adventure Education Programming Elements Using an Ecological Dynamics Lens and Its Implications for Health and Wellbeing. Sports 2020, 8, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8020020
King J, Hardwell A, Brymer E, Bedford A. Reconsidering McKenzie’s Six Adventure Education Programming Elements Using an Ecological Dynamics Lens and Its Implications for Health and Wellbeing. Sports. 2020; 8(2):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8020020
Chicago/Turabian StyleKing, Jason, Ashley Hardwell, Eric Brymer, and Andrew Bedford. 2020. "Reconsidering McKenzie’s Six Adventure Education Programming Elements Using an Ecological Dynamics Lens and Its Implications for Health and Wellbeing" Sports 8, no. 2: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8020020