1 a) Module	WINTER OUTDOOR LIFE ACTIVITIES
b) Code
c) Semester	Spring
d) ECTS credits	15
2 Target group	Students interested in the outdoors and sport. The course gives an introduction to various models of teaching, guiding, and learning winter activities.  The study program contains three components: outdoor life activities in winter, basic skiing and ski play.
3 Aims	Through this study the students shall acquire ·        skills in basic skiing ·        knowledge of, and skills and experience in various forms of outdoor activities, with special focus on mountain hiking in winter ·        teaching skills with special focus on teaching winter activities ·        knowledge of security and environmentally friendly behaviour in the wilderness ·        insights into social, cultural and health benefits of outdoor life ·        skills in creating learning situations for children and youths ·        insight into and experience in organising and creating ski play ·        skills in organising and carrying through ski play activities for school children
4 Prerequisites	None
5 a) Contents	Outdoor-life theory ·        Different conceptions of outdoor life ·        Planning hikes; how to use a map and a compass; camping ·        Security; how to move about in the mountains; staying the night in the mountains in winter ·        Hiking management and group processes ·        Security and equipment requirements ·        The history of equipment ·        Environmentally friendly hiking
a) Contents	Basic skiing ·        Instruction in cross country skiing ·        Learning conditioned by the situation ·        Task-oriented learning ·        Motor function and development of reactivity ·        Development of general balance in skiing Ski play ·        Third-generation ski arenas; planning and constructing arenas for ski play ·        Building snow profiles and making ski tracks ·        Planning situations to improve balance and motor function ·        Organising and carrying through ski play for pupils in primary school.
b) Necessary equipment	The temperature in wintertime can drop to minus 25 C so it is very important that students bring enough warm clothes and other equipment.  The  most necessary to bring is; ·        Good clothing and foot-wear (warm and windproof clothes, cap, mitten, woollen underwear, waterproof  shoes) ·        Sleeping bag and ground pad ·        Rucksack Finnmark University college will provide ski equipment and shoes for skiing.
6 Teaching language	Norwegian/English
7 Design	Practical activities spread over ca. 10 days (included 3 outdoor night-stops). In connection to this there will be lectures before and after the outdoor activities.
8 Form	Lectures, discussions, field work, excursions, case-work
9 Exam prerequisites	Obligatory term paper – approval required to take exam
10 Evaluation	Individual paper/project work. 12 - 15 pages. The students will choose a project assignment with an interdisciplinary orientation, aimed at shedding light on some topics that have been focused in the course. The project description must be approved by the teacher. Supervisors for the individual students will be appointed once the description is approved. By working with the project assignment it is an aim that the student will develop skills in planning and carrying through developmental work within one winter activity dealt with in the course.
11 Marks	A-F. A is the best mark, E the lowest mark for a pass. F is fail.
12 Literature	Asbjørn Flemmen: Skilek. Oslo 1996. Rolland, Carsten (red.): Outdoor Life – winter. HiF, Alta 2003.

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