Browsing by Author "Hickman, Mark"
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Beyond learning by doing: an exploration of critical incidents in outdoor leadership education
Hickman, Mark; Stokes, Peter (Article)This paper argues that outdoor leader education and training is characterized by the development of procedural skills at the expense of crucial but usually ignored nontechnical skills (e.g. contextualized decision-making ... -
Doing the plastic fantastic: ‘artificial’ adventure and older adult climbers
Hickman, Mark; Stokes, Peter; Beard, Colin; Inkster, Allison (Article)The aim of this paper is to determine the perceptions and experiences of climbing at artificial climbing walls (ACWs) as undertaken by a cohort of ‘young-old’ people (circa 65-75). The engagement of older people in outdoor ... -
Moments like diamonds in space: savoring the ageing process through positive engagement with adventure sports
Hickman, Mark; Stokes, Peter; Gammon, Sean; Beard, Colin; Inkster, Allison (Article)There are over 10 million people in the United Kingdom aged over 65, a figure predicted to double by 2050. Despite calls for the outdoors to be a focus for health-related physical activity younger adults still tend to be ... -
Sights and insights: Vocational outdoor students’ learning through and about reflective practice in the workplace
Hickman, Mark; Stokes, Peter (Article)Outdoor leader and adventure sport education in the United Kingdom has been characterized by an over-emphasis on technical skills at the expense of equally important, but often marginalized intra- and inter-personal skills ...