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Outward Bound (OB) is an international, non-profit, independent educational organization with approximately 40 schools around the world and 100,000 participants per year. Outward Bound programs aim to foster the personal growth and social skills of participants by using challenging expeditions in the outdoors. Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ...
History
The first Outward Bound School was opened in Aberdovey, Wales in 1941 by Lawrence Holt and Kurt Hahn. Its founding mission was to give young seamen the ability to survive harsh conditions at sea by teaching confidence and tenacity. The name Outward Bound came from the nautical expression that refers to the moment a ship leaves the pier. This is signified by Outward Bound's use of the nautical flag, the Blue Peter (a white rectangle inside a blue rectangle). Image File history File links ICS_Papa. ...
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For the Canadian 1980s New Wave band of the same name, see Blue Peter (band). ...
Aberdyfi (English: Aberdovey) is a village on the estuary of the River Dyfi in Gwynedd, Wales. ...
Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: (Welsh for Land of My Fathers) Capital Cardiff (Caerdydd) Largest city Cardiff (Caerdydd) Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056...
For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...
Kurt Hahn Kurt Martin Hahn (5 June, 1886 - 14 December, 1974) was a German educator who founded projects such as the Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, Gordonstoun in Scotland, Atlantic College in Wales, the United World Colleges movement, and the Outward Bound schools. ...
For other uses, see Seaman (disambiguation). ...
For the three letter acronym, see SEA. Sea as seen from jetty in Frankston, Australia Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ...
For the Canadian 1980s New Wave band of the same name, see Blue Peter (band). ...
Outward Bound has evolved into an organization which teaches inter-personal skills, wilderness survival skills, and leadership skills through courses ranging from one week to one semester. Outward Bound has a huge range of programs, from urban programs that seek to help troubled youth to family programs that seek to improve familial communication. Today Outward Bound has 44 schools all over the world and reports serving 100,000 students each year.
Course specifics In a typical modern class, attendees are divided into small patrols under the guidance of two or more trained OB instructors. The first few days at a base camp are spent in various forms of training for the activity or activities that the course will contain and in the philosophy of Outward Bound, a form of compassionate self-reliance combined with care for others. Activity choices include: backpacking, canoeing, canyoneering/desert backpacking, dogsledding, mountaineering, multi-activity, rafting, rock climbing, sailing, sea kayaking, and snow and ice. Image File history File links OutwardBoundTrip. ...
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The "patrol" or "group" then heads off under the guidance of the instructors to perform initial confidence-building challenges. As the wilderness skills and spirit of the students increase, the instructors ask the team to make decisions as a group. During an Outward Bound instructors often aim to impart sufficient wilderness skills to assure that everyone can take part in a tradition called "solo". The wilderness instructors will take each student to a location on the course which is near enough to the group to be safe, but far enough away to allow reflective time alone. At the end of the course the instructors present a final challenge to the student group. The final challenge typically shows students just how strong they have become physically and emotionally.
Many television viewers may confuse Outward Bound with "reality" programs like Survivor and it appears these programs have taken some ideas from Outward Bound. A significant difference is the way Survivor encourages cliques, power struggles and the elimination of "losers", something completely opposed to Outward Bound philosophy. Survivor is a popular reality television game show produced in many countries throughout the world. ...
Outward Bound offers a variety of courses of different lengths year-round for ages 12-plus. Teenagers and young adults benefit tremendously from developing self confidence and leadership skills. Many adults and companies use Outward Bound strategically for team building and to return to their daily lives re-energized. Prospective attendees are generally encouraged to work before their arrival on their physical fitness. Attendees are advised that smoking, alcohol, drugs and sex are all reasons for dismissal from the expedition. Team building (or teambuilding) refers to the process of establishing and developing a greater sense of collaboration and trust between team members. ...
Outward Bound also runs special courses for youth at risk. The instructors on these courses are specially trained to help this population start to make better choices in life and to better understand themselves and others.
Outward Bound USA In 1961, Joshua L. Miner, the first president of Outward Bound USA (OBUSA) and the man responsible for bringing the innovative ideas of Kurt Hahn to the United States, inspired United States legislation approving a training and development model to prepare Peace Corps volunteers in Puerto Rico. This first camp, and then the more famous Colorado school, became OBUSA's first presence in the USA. NOLS founder Paul Petzoldt was an early OB USA instructor. Currently, OBUSA operates "Schools" under the Outward Bound Wilderness division focusing on expeditions and travel and "Centers" which are based-in large cities and provide similar expedition and educational services to the public school systems of their respective cities. In May of 2005 four legacy Outward Bound Schools were combined into a new division of Outward Bound called Outward Bound Wilderness (Outward Bound Wilderness.) The four legacy schools known as Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Outward Bound West, and Voyageur Outward Bound School are now operated under one central office, but still offer the same programs and expeditions as they have for decades. There are five Outward Bound Schools and Centers: [1] NCOBS (North Carolina Outward Bound School), POBC (Philadelphia), BOBC (Baltimore), TIOBC (Thompson Island, Boston) and NYCOBC (New York City). From their respective beginnings, each of the schools and centers operated individually and were audited by OBUSA for safety and international policy standards. During 2005, OBUSA unified several of these schools into one larger OBUSA, sharing all resources alike. Peace Corps volunteers usually serve for two years. ...
The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), is a non-profit school in the United States dedicated to teaching environmental ethics, technical outdoor skills, and leadership on extended backcountry expeditions. ...
Paul Kiesow Petzoldt (January 16, 1908 - October 6, 1999) is one of Americas most accomplished mountaineers. ...
Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Additionally, a third version of Outward Bound in the United States is Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound (ELOB), created in 1993. A not-for-profit comprehensive school reform organization which is part of Outward Bound USA, ELOB works with over 129 urban and rural schools across the United States including Puerto Rico. Its pedagogy emphasizes high achievement through active learning, character growth, and teamwork at elementary, middle, and high school levels.
The ELOB endeavor transforms schools into centers of Expeditionary Learning by working with schools to design and implement expeditionary curricula, models of student assessment, new forms of school organization, programs for staff development and systems of evaluation, replication and dissemination.
ELOB has a national headquarters located in Garrison, New York as well as eight regional offices which are based in Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York City; Annapolis, Maryland; Palm Harbor, Florida; Puerto Rico; Dubuque, Iowa; Boise, Idaho; and Yakima, Washington. Garrison is a town in New York. ...
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Location of Yakima in Washington Coordinates: Country United States of America State Washington County Yakima Incorporated December 1, 1883 Mayor Dave Edler Area - City 53. ...
Outward Bound Discovery Outward Bound Discovery is a largely Florida-based branch of OBUSA that specifically deals with at-risk or adjudicated youth. They primarily run three types of courses: Short Term Expedition Program (STEP), Families In Need of Services (FINS), and Intercept. Originally known as Southern Programs, it began as a branch of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in 1975 with STEP in Yulee, Florida. Yulee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County in the state of Florida in the United States of America. ...
Short Term Expedition Programs Short Term Expedition Program (STEP) courses are based out of Yulee, Florda (located near Jacksonville) and are a highly successfully alternative to incarceration for non-violent juvenile offenders. These courses last approximately 30 days in the wilderness. They are funded by Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice and approximately 30 courses are conducted per year with 8-10 students in each course. Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Duval Mayor John Peyton (R) Area - City 2,264. ...
Families In Need of Services programs Families In Need of Services (FINS) courses are designed to help students who are struggling at school and at home, with a focus on helping the entire family to adopt practices to increase freedoms as students demonstrate responsibility and create clear consequences for the students actions on which the student can then based their decisions upon. FINS courses involve a 20-day wilderness phase with the students, during which the parent have phone conversation and meetings with the office based staff members about their child's individual performance and struggles for dealing with their child's disruptive behaviors. There is then a follow-up phase during with the instructors and a program coordinator visit the student and their families at their homes to help mediate conversations and create concrete plans for improving their behavior. The educational coordinator and the instructors also meet with the students, their parents, and school teachers or counselors during the follow-up phase to discuss what the student learned on the course and how this learning can be applied to their school environment. Successful graduation from a FINS course is contingent on both the student's and their parents' full involvement in both phases of course. FINS courses are funded by local county education departments. The Key Largo, Florida base serves Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. The Scottsmoor, Florida base serves the Cape Canaveral area and the Orlando area. Additionally there is a base near Charleston, South Carolina and one recently started in Alabama, that runs an assortment of courses including both Intercept and FINS. Key Largo is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and, at 33 miles long, the largest of Keys. ...
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Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral (Cabo Cañaveral in Spanish) is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ...
Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...
Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area Ranked 30th - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²) - Width 190 miles (306 km) - Length 330 miles (531 km) - % water 3. ...
Intercept programs Intercept courses are run by both OB Wilderness and OB Discovery, with the recent addition of 18-20 year old Intercept to the standard 13-17 age range courses.
See also Outdoor education (also known as adventure education) usually refers to organized learning that takes place in the outdoors. ...
Books - Outward Bound USA: Crew Not Passengers (2nd edition) by Joshua Miner and Joe Boldt, published by The Mountaineers Books
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Resources Outward Bound is also the name of an acclaimed and once very popular play by Sutton Vane, in which a group of passengers find themselves on a ship. They gradually realize that they are dead and that the ship is taking them to Heaven or Hell. |
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