How LSSA program is impacting future generations, a transfer effect study
Lopes, Tiago; Lopes, Tiago (2023)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023112030245
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023112030245
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ABSTRACT
Humak University of Applied Sciences
Adventure and Outdoor Education
Author(s): Tiago Juho Hämäläinen Lopes
Title: How LSSA program is impacting future generations, a transfer effect study
Number of Pages: 48 and 67 pages of appendices
Supervisor(s): of the thesis: Kaitso Lehtonen
Commissioned by: Levi Snow Sport Academy
The purpose of this study is to support Levi Snow Sport Academy (LSSA) to develop their curriculum towards adventure education and also to provide feedback and im-prove the understand of the parents, the main stakeholders, on how the institution has been acting to develop skills in the youngsters that will be transfer to other stages and challenges of their lives after the program.
It was designed a survey with the alumni group and other with the parents that cur-rently have youngsters in the program, based in 15 learning abilities. For the alum-ni, the purpose is to understand how important are those learning abilities, how much LSSA contributed to develop it and what has been the main source for each one of the skills. For the parents, it was asked also the importance of those learning abilities and the expectation that they have on how much the institution will play a major role in helping the students to develop those abilities. Both surveys received total of 45 answers.
Based on the results, I created a list with 8 suggestions that LSSA can incorporate or improve in their currently curriculum, it also covered suggestions to close some gaps between the institution and needs appointed by the parents.
Finally, I also hope that this study can encourage the adventure educators’ community, since the application of this topic will impact positively the lives of many youngsters.
Keywords: sports, young people, adventure education, transfer effect, learning abilities, skills, Levi Snow Sport Academy, LSSA, experiential learning, parents, students, education, freeride, snowboard, skis, educational curriculum, educational institute.
Humak University of Applied Sciences
Adventure and Outdoor Education
Author(s): Tiago Juho Hämäläinen Lopes
Title: How LSSA program is impacting future generations, a transfer effect study
Number of Pages: 48 and 67 pages of appendices
Supervisor(s): of the thesis: Kaitso Lehtonen
Commissioned by: Levi Snow Sport Academy
The purpose of this study is to support Levi Snow Sport Academy (LSSA) to develop their curriculum towards adventure education and also to provide feedback and im-prove the understand of the parents, the main stakeholders, on how the institution has been acting to develop skills in the youngsters that will be transfer to other stages and challenges of their lives after the program.
It was designed a survey with the alumni group and other with the parents that cur-rently have youngsters in the program, based in 15 learning abilities. For the alum-ni, the purpose is to understand how important are those learning abilities, how much LSSA contributed to develop it and what has been the main source for each one of the skills. For the parents, it was asked also the importance of those learning abilities and the expectation that they have on how much the institution will play a major role in helping the students to develop those abilities. Both surveys received total of 45 answers.
Based on the results, I created a list with 8 suggestions that LSSA can incorporate or improve in their currently curriculum, it also covered suggestions to close some gaps between the institution and needs appointed by the parents.
Finally, I also hope that this study can encourage the adventure educators’ community, since the application of this topic will impact positively the lives of many youngsters.
Keywords: sports, young people, adventure education, transfer effect, learning abilities, skills, Levi Snow Sport Academy, LSSA, experiential learning, parents, students, education, freeride, snowboard, skis, educational curriculum, educational institute.