Programme and abstracts - GIH

Abstracts, Thursday June 6 th , 11.30-13.00, Practical workshopsTitle:City Bound - Experience-oriented education in urban areasAuthor/s:Susanne Kaiser, bsj Marburg, Germany and Till Spindler, City Bound Wien, Austria.Abstract:Outward Bound, which has become a well-established approach in working with youngpeople, puts participants into natural settings. City Bound, in contrast, stages challenges inurban settings. Participants get a new perspective on their own familiar surroundings and thuson themselves. Moreover, for young people from rural areas, participating in a City Boundworkshop often is the very first experience of urban space. They get the opportunity todevelop their mobility and orientation skills and, subsequently, their individual scope of action.Historically, during the development of City Bound, the focus was transferring classicalexperiential education elements like climbing, roping, canoeing, etc. into the urbanenvironment. Recently, however, activities concerned with orientation and mobility in urbanareas and challenging social interactions have become increasingly important. Interviews withpersonalities such as a city's chief of police, games involving public transport or havingbreakfast in an open public space are potential building blocks of City Bound workshops.Since 1998 the bsj has held City Bound workshops with school classes and other youngpeople's groups and has continuously developed and adapted its City Bound concept.Beginning with an outline of the historical development of City Bound, this workshop willpresent the bsj's concept and practical approach as well as an exemplary project."Those who always does what he can already do, is always what it is already" (Henry Ford)Belief in oneself, orientation, mobility and the ability to convince people of oneself and one'sindividual concerns are crucial factors for a successful personality.Positive experiences in making contact with strangers will strengthen self-confidence andconvincing manners.City Bound offers many ways to practice just this. A relatively new experiential learningapproach, it stages adventure challenges in everyday urban life. The focus is on challengingactivities that require acting as a team or on one's own in an unknown environment andunusual social situations.In this workshop we will perform a selection of typical CB activities. Afterwards we will reflectour experiences and discuss their implications for our work with young people.Title:To explore nature with the help of a map.Author/s:Kerstin Nilsson and Marie Aldener, Resarö skola, Sweden.Abstract:National and international research shows that it is unclear what the students should learn inschool physical education, and what content education should consist of for students todevelop the abilities stipulated by the curriculum (Lgr 11). According to the syllabus, studentsshould develop ”knowledge of how to follow maps and sketches in order to orient in differentenvironments, ranging from shopping centres to the forests and meadows”. The question iswhat this means, what are the students capable of when they know this? How do one teacharound an ability such as this?The benefit/purpose of learning to read, understand and follow a map can be interpreted as asafety aspect. If the students develop skills to orient there is little risk they will land wrong/lost,giving them the opportunity to venture out in unknown environments. To understand a mapand be able to retrieve information from it is a skill useful in many contexts. Already in the17