Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• Planning trips according to ability

• Paddling a canoe in a group, and safety procedures/guidelines on rivers
• Equipment and its correct use when canoeing and during rescues on rivers
• Formation of landscape by rivers
• Cultural forms related to rivers
• Fluid mechanics
• The history of the canoe

Skills

The candidate can demonstrate/explain:

• Paddling techniques in double canoes, including forward strokes, using the paddle as a rudder, j-stroke, back stroke, half sweep, cross stroke, counter, low bracing, high bracing, sculling for support, reverse j-stroke, slanting stroke

• Rescue techniques, including self-rescue and rescuing others
• How to conduct inspections and carry out route selection on more challenging stretches of a river
• How to use a canoe as a bivouac
• Nature and cultural topics related to waterways from a canoe

General competence

The candidate can/has:

• Analyse and take care of their own and group safety on flat water and rivers up to grade II with a view to creating a safe learning space
• Analyse and ensure that group members have sufficient energy during the trip
• Knowledge of didactics and methodology related to training beginners and intermediate learners in canoes on flat water and easy stretches of the river
• The competence to communicate safe trip guidelines, procedures, organization and working methods in relation to beginners and intermediate learners
• The ability to teach nature and cultural topics related to waterways
• The skills to plan and execute trips and courses on flat water and in rivers up to grade II

Course Description

• Planning trips, safety, responsibility and consequence analysis in relation to canoeing on rivers
• Getting ready to use single and double canoes, use of equipment, packing canoes
• Canoeing in rapids; techniques
• Inspection and route choices in rapids
• Self-rescue and rescuing others in rapids
• Rescuing a wedged canoe
• Advanced first aid
• Guidance, planning and implementation of educational programs
• Trip guidelines, procedures, organization and working methods in relation to river canoeing
• Watercourse nature and culture
• Fluid mechanics
• In level and content, the course is comparable to the Norwegian Canoe Association's Activity Leader Course

Teaching and Learning Methods

• 3 lectures
• 7 days with supervisor
• 6 days individual trips
• Tuition, and reading of curriculum literature by students. Training skills will be carried out with a view to achieving the learning outcomes described above. All practical teaching is obligatory.

Assessment Methods

100 % compulsory participation is required in practical activities. The practical component counts for 60% of the course grade; a 4-hour written examination counts for 40% of the course grade. The course grade is awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail.

Assessment methods are chosen to assess the candidate's knowledge, skills and competence in relation to communicating the subject; please refer to the learning outcomes above.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean