Area of Study 2: Experiencing outdoor environments
This area of study broadens the focus of students from personal responses to the ways in which others respond to, understand and value outdoor experiences and outdoor environments. Through investigations of specific outdoor environments, students analyse different ways of experiencing and knowing outdoor environments. Practical outdoor experiences provide students with the opportunity to observe and experience various ways of encountering and understanding nature. Students consider factors that affect access to outdoor experiences, and describe the effect of different technologies on outdoor experiences, examining how all of these influence the ways humans understand nature.
This area of study broadens the focus of students from personal responses to the ways in which others respond to, understand and value outdoor experiences and outdoor environments. Through investigations of specific outdoor environments, students analyse different ways of experiencing and knowing outdoor environments. Practical outdoor experiences provide students with the opportunity to observe and experience various ways of encountering and understanding nature. Students consider factors that affect access to outdoor experiences, and describe the effect of different technologies on outdoor experiences, examining how all of these influence the ways humans understand nature.