Editing Outward Bound (section)

==Course specifics==
[[Image:OutwardBoundTrip.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An Outward Bound excursion at [[Lake Superior Provincial Park]], [[Ontario]], Canada]]
Outward Bound courses follow a kind of recipe or formula, termed the ''Outward Bound Process Model'' which is well described by Walsh and Golins (1976) as:<ref name=":1">Walsh, V., & Golins, G. L. (1976). ''[http://wilderdom.com/theory/OutwardBoundProcessModel.html The exploration of the Outward Bound process]''. Denver, CO: Colorado Outward Bound School.</ref>

# Taking a ready, motivated learner
# into a prescribed, unfamiliar physical environment,
# along with a small group of people
# who are faced with a series of incremental, inter-related problem-solving tasks
# which creates in the individual a state of dissonance requiring adaptive coping and
# leads to a sense of mastery or competence when equilibrium is managed.
# The cumulative effect of these experiences leads to a reorganisation of the self-conceptions and information the learner holds about him/herself.
# The learner will then continue to be positively oriented to further learning and development experiences (transfer).

In a typical class, participants are divided into small patrols (or groups) under the guidance of one or more instructors. The first few days, often at a base camp, are spent training for the [[outdoor education]] activities that the course will contain and in the philosophy of Outward Bound. After initial confidence-building challenges, the group heads off on an expedition. As the group develops the capacity to do so, the instructors ask the group to make its own decisions.<ref name=":1" />