OUTWARD BOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME

Radhakrishnan

CONTENTS

§ Outward Bound Training Programme

§ Historical Developments

§ The Ten Principles of OBT

§ Process of OBT

§ Types of Learning Activities

§ Advantages of OBT

§ Risk, Safety & Ethical Issues in OBT

§ Where We Can Have OBT

OUTWARD BOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME

oOutward Bound Training is also called ‘adventure’ training which is uses physical challenge in outdoor & wild settings combined with facilitations.

oOBT is conducted in the quite and calm environments away from the workplace.

OUTWARD BOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME

oOBT is also called adventure training, Outward Bound Learning.

o Traditionally OBT is associated with 3 ‘R’s↕ Rock-climbing

↕ River running

↕ Ropes course

OUTWARD BOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME

The outbound training programme is very high energy programme for enhancing individual and team performance. Through these outbound training programme skills improvement takes place in areas of teamwork, team bonding, communication, leadership, time management, problem solving, decision making, change management and personality development.

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF OBT

The ten design principles are short statements of the philosophy of education and core values of Outward Bound & Expeditionary Learning, drawn from the work of OBT founder “Kurt Hahn” and other educational leaders.

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF OBT

The Primacy of Self-Discovery

The Having of Wonderful Ideas

The Responsibility for Learning

Empathy and Caring

Success and Failure

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF OBT

Collaboration and Competition

Diversity and Inclusion

The Natural World

Solitude and Reflection

Service and Compassion

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF OBT

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF OBT

OBT approach is derived from the educational philosophy advocated by Dr. Kurt Hah (1886-1974). He believed in the need for real, action and value-oriented educational experience.

PROCESS OF OBT

DebriefingImplementingFraming

Framing

is pre-activity explanations of the event in which the scenario is painted with description, goals determined, and the rules laid out.

Implementationis the second step in OBT which comes after framing, during implementation, the participants are put through a series of activities.

DebriefingComes at the end of the learning activity, in debriefing facilitator helps the participants to find what they felt, how they inferred meaning in each of the activities.

TYPES OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pointillism

Colour Mass

Initiative Activities

Challenge Courses

High Element Courses

Low Challenge Courses

Wilderness and High Adventure of Activities

ADVANTAGES OF OBT

Advantages of obt

+Holistic

+Clear and simple goals

+Concrete Experiences

+New and Funny Activities

+Risk Taking

RISK, SAFETY & ISSUES IN OBT

Considering the safety measures taken in OBT programmes, they can be assumed to be much safer than a social outing. There are ethical issues that are called the ethics of challenge by choice. Accordingly the participants only partake in events when they truly want to and only to the degree they wish. Protective devices like gum boots, helmets and other life-saving equipments are used while performing activities considered as dangerous.

Myths associated with OBT

― OBT is for the able-bodied

― OBT is in outdoors and male-dominated

― OBT is the ultimate panacea

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