The Processing Pinnacle: An Educator's Guide to Better Processing
| UW-L Author: | Steven Simpson, Ph.D. Recreation Management |
| Other Author(s): | Dan Miller and Buzz Bocher |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | Wood 'N' Barnes |
Simpson, Steven et. all. The Processing Pinnacle: An Educator's Guide to Better Processing. Bethany, OK: Wood 'N' Barnes, 2012.
Easy to implement and conversational in tone, The Processing Pinnacle contains valuable guidance for anyone who teaches or facilitates experientially. The authors offer a theoretical approach to more effective processing, the reflective component of experience. Utilizing the metaphor of the mountain, they demonstrate how and when certain facilitator methods may elicit immediate response and make a lasting impression on the individual, encouraging reflection as a personal response to life experience.
About the Author
Steven Simpson is chair of the Department of Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation; also he is currently serving as the University Graduate Director. In the early 1990’s, Steve was a Fulbright scholar who taught at National Taiwan University. For the 2007-2008 academic year, he took a leave of absence from UW-L to return to Taiwan and teach at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education at National Taiwan Normal University. He is the past executive editor of the Journal of Experiential Education.