National Adventure Education Conference 2012  

Finland's 6th annual national conference of adventure education will bring together over 100 adventure educators at Metsäkartano Youth Centre in Rautavaara in the middle of Finnish wilderness, in January 18th-20th 2012!

The Keynote speaker is PhD Johan Hovelynck, who currently works at the Organizational Psychology Department of the University of Leuven in Belgium.  He teaches Group Dynamics, and his research focuses on the action-principles underlying the facilitation of experiential learning in outdoor training and education. On Thursday there will be workshops focusing on as well practical as theoretical aspects of adventure education. The main language of the conference is Finnish but the Keynote speech will be held in English. It is also possible for English speakers to take part in some of the workshops. Translation will be provided when possible.

During the conference there will be also a national researcher meeting taking place.

The conference is organized in cooperation with the National Adventure Education Network.

All international participants are warmly welcome!
For more information or registration, contact Mikko Niipala mikko.niipala (at) snk.fi.

  

Program:

Wednesday January the 18th

Arrival in Metsäkartano
18.00 - 20.00 Dinner
20.00 -
Possibility to bath in a sauna


Thursday January the 19th

7.30 - 8.30 Breakfast
9.00 - 10.00 Morning activities with the students of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
10.00 - 10.30 Opening of the conference
10.30 - 12.00 Keynote speech Johan Hovelynck:
"Adventure education: 10 years after the storm." (in English)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

13.00 - 18.00

(15.15-15.45 Coffeebreak)

Workshops (You can choose two two-hour workshops or one longer one. 

13.00-15.15:

- A Brief History of Adventure Education in Finland and an Example of Local Network realizing Adventure Education with the Youth with special needs 
- Education opportunities in Finland
- Physical exercise in Experiental Education
- Construction of traditional Fire Elements
- Debriefing / Feedback (Johan Hovelynck, in English)
- Social Youth Work: A Functional model for preventing Alienation of Youth

15.45-18.00:
- Physical exercise in Experiental Education
- Construction of traditional Fire Elements
- Debriefing / Feedback (Johan Hovelynck, in English)
- Social Youth Work: A Functional model for preventing Alienation of Youth
- Discussion:  The needs of the Practitioners and how to respond to them
- Development of AE education in Finland: Organizing of education working group
- Reseacher meeting

Longer workshops klo 13.00-18.00:
- Process drama
- Construction of traditional Fire Elements (advanced version)
18.00 - 20.00 Sauna
20.00 - 21.00 Dinner
21.00 - 22.00 Evening program with the Haaga-Helia students

 

Friday January the 20th 

7.30 - 8.30 Morning activities with the students of Haaga-Helia
8.30 - 9.00 Breakfast
9.00 - 10.00
 Learning cafe: Summary of Thursday's workshops
10.00 - 11.00 Closing Keynote-speech: Kimmo Räty

 "Possibilities of adventure in nursing and maintaining mental health" (in Finnish)Seikkailun mahdollisuudet mielenterveyden hoidossa ja ylläpidossa."

11.00 - 11.30 Open discussion
11.30 - 12.00 Closing words and annoucing the next year's conference (greetings of the reseacher group)
12.00 Lunch 


Prices:

Includes program, accomodation, meals and sauna:

Dayvisitors (price includes program and meals):



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