A Theoretical Study On Introducing Outward Bound Into College Physical Education Elective Courses

Based on modern education theories and achievements form related subjects like Educational Psychology, Management Psychology and Organizational Behavior, experiential training is a new way of learning developed in accordance with features of how people work and how groups are organized nowadays. As an essential component of experiential training, outward bound is carried out in the form of outdoor activities in nature. In light of typical modes and styles of activities, some outward programs are purposefully designed with an aim to help participants strengthen minds, build teams, mould temperaments, and perfect personality when they are in the face with challenges. Due to its unique form and good effects, outward experiential training has been increasingly accepted, acknowledged and utilized by enterprises over the years, since it was introduced into mainland China in 1995. It has been playing an effective role in human resources development and team building. In addition to enterprises, recent years also witness attention to outward bound from the circle of college physical education (PE), where people are discussing how to incorporate outward experiential training into general PE courses in colleges.With the advancing of society and development of knowledge-based economy, job market is becoming ever more competitive. Moreover, national construction and social progress make increasing demands on college students. Physical fitness, therefore, is insufficient to satisfy the more and more furious competition. Instead, a good psychological quality, team awareness, and preparedness to endure hardships are of greater significance. The initial development of outward experiential training conforms to the trend of PE reform in higher education to which the former serves as a fairly good complement. By physical activities, participants are guided into outward experiential training programs which emphasize on psychological challenge and aim at perfecting their personality. Integrating physical activities with society, nature and environment, outward experiential training is of great value in building up college students'physical strength, especially willpower and also in improving their comprehensive qualities, like promoting their adaptability in society. College PE teaching will be led to head for real life, move towards ecology and plunge into society through incorporating outward bound in College PE elective courses, which embodies modern education philosophy. In this sense, not only college PE teaching contents are expanded, teaching methods are perfected, but also the incorporation benefits college course exploration and fully embodies the education philosophy of"Health Comes First". In short, outward bound will be a fresh area to practice quality-oriented educationThe relation of outward bound and college PE courses serves as the object of the current study, in which a bold hypothesis is put forward--It is feasible to introduce outward bound...