Maximum benefits in long term retention of knowledge, attitudes, and skills can be achieved with this type of learning technique.
Emphasis is placed on students being in the active role.
Problems are presented for solving, rather than facts given to be memorized. The survival practicum places students in a position of total immersion within a local wilderness area. A greater knowledge of one's self as well as for the world around them, provide students the opportunity for reflection, appreciation, and respect for nature. Maturation of values and a greater environmental conciousness are primary outcomes of this exercise. Students will experience adverse environmental conditions which they will strive to mitigate and in turn maintain body homeostasis of thermal regulation, water balance, and metabolism.