Overview

This module aims to help students:

Acquire the skills and knowledge associated with the use of the rope during a variety of land-based adventure activities

Understand how the quality of preparation and reflective follow-up affects the safety and learning outcomes of group-based adventure activities.

Develop the ability to contribute positively to a group and to make safe, sustainable decisions in relation to the varied outdoor environments in which they are operating.

There is an ability in this module to tailor learning to individual specific needs with regards to use of the rope. Requests welcomed.

All activity days will contribute to the development of generic skills, understanding and knowledge, including: Judgement, Observation, Health, Confidence, Awareness, Safety, Nutrition, Communication, Weather, Team work, Preparation, Self-evaluation, Environment, Access, Review

In addition, the specific activity skills and knowledge taught will aim to include: • Environment specific hazards • Activity specific equipment • Anchor selection • Combining Anchors • Lowering • Belaying • Abseiling • Leading • Route Choice • Rescue • Multi-pitch climbing • Roped scrambling

There is an ability in this module to tailor learning to individual specific needs with regards to use of the rope. Requests welcomed.

NB. Practical sessions are compulsory. If they are missed without mitigating circumstances then you may fail the module.

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -To be awarded a pass mark D- students must be able to demonstrate, that they can sometimes contribute positively, at a basic level, to their group’s experience during participation in a range of land-based activities. At the threshold level, students can perform a rudimentary assessment of their own development needs in respect of one land-based activity in which the rope is used. In-text citations and reference list formatting is not to departmental guidelines with multiple errors or omissions.NB. Practical sessions are compulsory. If they are missed without mitigating circumstances then you may fail the module.

-good -To be awarded B- or above, students must be able to demonstrate that they make regular and effective contributions to their group’s experience duringparticipation in a range of land-based activities. Students at this level can, with a good degree of accuracy, assess their own development needs using simple reflection techniques with respect to one land-based activity in which the rope is used. In-text citations and reference list formatting is to departmental guidelines with some errors or omissions.

-excellent -To be awarded A- or above, students must demonstrate that they consistently make very effective, positive contributions to their group’s experience during participation in a range of land-based activities. At this level, students can, with accuracy and insight, assess and analyse their own development needs using advanced and/or novel reflection techniques with respect to one land-based activity in which the rope is used. In-text citations and reference list formatting is to departmental guidelines without errors or omissions.

Learning Outcomes

• Accurately assess their own development needs with respect to a land-based adventure activity involving the use of the rope.

• Contribute positively to a group, while roped scrambling, outdoor rock-climbing and sea level traversing.

• Identify, understand and react appropriately to the environmentally sensitive and technically demanding situations encountered while undertaking roped adventurous land-based activities.