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IJIET 2016 Vol.6(5): 352-356 ISSN: 2010-3689
DOI: 10.7763/IJIET.2016.V6.713

Outdoor-Based Education Camp: An Essential Tool to Promote Leadership Skills

Evelyn Ewe Lin Yeap, Rosmiza Mokhtar, Mohd Anwar Muslimen, Farhaniza Ghazali, and Mohd Ariff Ahmad Tarmizi

Abstract—This study seeks to examine if a three days two nights Outdoor-based Education Camp (OBEC)module designed with 8 leadership-basedactivities helps in developing undergraduates’ leadership skill through their self-assessments. This study employs a set of questionnaire to examine students’ leadership skills after going through the campin an outdoor-based environment. A total of 43 students from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) were involved in this study. Interviews were also conducted to gauge students’ feedbacks how they think the activities have helped them in understanding the qualities of a leader, and also to further triangulate their responses on their LS. Students reported that they are more aware about the importance of being a good leader after attending this experiential outdoor learning camp. Some recommendations and ideas fromOBEC module designed are discussed.

Index Terms—Leadership camp, leadership activities, outdoor based environment, outdoor-based education camp, soft skills.

The authors are with Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya Campus, Selangor, Malaysia (e-mail: evelyn@uniten.edu.my, rosmiza@uniten.edu.my, manwar@uniten.edu.my, husni@uniten.edu.my, nurshuhaida@uniten.edu.my, farhaniza@uniten.edu.my, arif@uniten.edu.my).

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Cite: Evelyn Ewe Lin Yeap, Rosmiza Mokhtar, Mohd Anwar Muslimen, Farhaniza Ghazali, and Mohd Ariff Ahmad Tarmizi, "Outdoor-Based Education Camp: An Essential Tool to Promote Leadership Skills," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 352-356, 2016.

General Information

  • ISSN: 2010-3689 (Online)
  • Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Inf. Educ. Technol.
  • Frequency: Monthly
  • DOI: 10.18178/IJIET
  • Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steve Thatcher
  • Managing Editor: Ms. Nancy Y. Liu
  • Abstracting/ Indexing: Scopus (CiteScore 2022: 2.0), INSPEC (IET), UGC-CARE List (India), CNKI, EBSCO, Google Scholar
  • E-mail: ijiet@ejournal.net

 

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