Metaskills for Outdoor Practitioners

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Metaskills for Outdoor Practitioners (BSE535)

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Language: English

Duration: 6 months

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Area of Interest: Education

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School/Department: S R Nathan School of Human Development

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Synopsis

BSE535 Metaskills for Outdoor Practitioners puts together a strand of higher-order cognitive skills to provide outdoor practitioners the resources to perform their profession effectively. Metaskills including advanced facilitation, multiphase problem-solving, experience-based judgment, among others, will be discussed in class. Study materials in the course will be extracted from book chapters and supplemented with readings in the extant literature.

Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every January

Topics

Advanced Facilitation
Effective Communication
Experience-Based Judgment
Multiphase Problem Solving
Decision Making

Learning Outcome

Develop an understanding of metaphoric transfer from adventure to daily life.
Develop an understanding of the mechanisms underlying effective communication.
Justify if good judgment necessarily comes from experience.
Evaluate the relationship between experience-based judgment, decision-making, and problem solving.
Evaluate divergent and convergent processes of decision making.
Develop personal narratives of judgment and decision making to systematically solve real world problems.