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Do it yourself by working together as a group and then discussing your experience. This is how Youth Centres operate; allowing young people to learn new skills and learn to know themselves and their friends better.

 

Youth Centre instructors draw heavily on the principles and teaching methods of adventure and experiential education in the planning of their programmes. In sessions that are founded on adventure education, participants are introduced to a new activity or foreign environment and are asked to cope with the new situation by challenging themselves, finding new ways to act, and, as a result, discovering new facets of themselves. Participation is holistic and immersive, activating the participant's mind, body and senses. An important part of the activity is the follow-up discussion of the experience led by the instructor, designed to strengthen the learning experience even further.

 

In the majority of the programmes we offer, participants move about in natural environments. Great care is made to consider participant safety already in the session planning stage. Safety is also checked again during the session itself.

 

The professionalism of the instructor is a crucial element of a successful learning experience. When the goal is to free one's self from old habits of thought and practice, situations may produce many unexpected surprises. At times like this, an experienced and skilled instructor goes a long way towards guaranteeing safety and a fruitful learning process.

New! Adventure education youth education camps are set to begin at Finnish Youth Centres in 2012!