PETE GRIFFITHS
Acting CEO
Outdoor Education Group

LEARNING JOURNEYS - EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

Pete discusses an online survey system that allows students to reflect on their level of 'competency' in target learning areas, rating themselves from 1 to 10 against a number of statements that relate to each target competency. These evaluative statements have been developed in collaboration with Canberra University and tested and ratified by ACER (The Australian Council of Educational Research).

With the completion of a pre and post course survey, the survey system calculates the difference between the pre and post course self-ratings and generates a report per student, per group and per program.

In addition to the numeric ratings, students are able to record their subjective pre program expectation, hopes,fears and goals, then in the post-course survey, to record their subjective experiences and achievements.

The process and reports it generates engages students in the learning process before and after a program, provides schools with valuable data for maintaining and improving the quality and educational effectiveness of programs and provides tools for effective development and continuous improvement of outdoor educational practice.

Pete has worked in many roles in Outdoor Education and nature based tourism since 1984.

He has acted as Director of Outdoor Education at two Melbourne schools and now manages the Melbourne based OEG team in his capacity of Director of Schools (Melbourne).

His book 'The Ever Varying Flood' remains the definitive guide to Tasmania's Franklin River.