シーカヤックを活用した冒険教育の大学生への教育効果

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the educational effects of adventure education using sea kayaking in a lifelong sports course and to clarify the significance of adventure education on university students. Data collecting was conducted through five different approaches: (1) observation of sea kayaking activities, (2) learning portfolios of the whole course, (3) questionnaire survey on Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons, (4) assessment of teamwork using a rubric, and (5) two rounds of follow-up study. Data collection (2) to (5) were designed to provide students with opportunities for reflection. As a result, first, we were able to observe the progress of collaboration in the midst of risky natural activities, such as the movements naturally synchronized to overcome high waves and fast tidal currents. The learning portfolios demonstrated each student acted with an awareness of the items of Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons selected by him/herself for each activity and made an effort to overcome his/her weaknesses. The questionnaire survey on Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons showed that there was a significant improvement of 0.5 or more in 15 of the 32 items (on a 4-point scale) between pre- and post-surveys. In the teamwork assessment, the students' self-assessment tended to be higher than the faculty's as a whole, but the discrepancy was reduced in the post-assessment and the post-assessment scores increased significantly in all dimensions of teamwork in self- and faculty-assessments. In the follow-up study, it was found that the communication skills developed in this course were actually applied to other courses and job-hunting activities. The results of these surveys indicate that adventure education using sea kayaking has a positive effect on various aspects of students' abilities while forming a basis for their subsequent development.