INVOLVE ME AND I WILL UNDERSTAND. MANAGING AVALANCHE HAZARD BY ACTIVE PEDAGOGY TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN FRANCE.

Anena, France ABSTRACT: Education in France is often not oriented active pedagogy, training on risk management avalanches are no exception. Practicing avalanche educators know from experience they will need a combination of lectures ('passive learning') and exercises or assignments ('active learning'). The proposed presentation aims to provide an overview, feedback and perspective of different active pedagogy experiences conduct by Anena and its partners. The « traces hivernales » conferences are built through an example of winter mountaineering trip where participants are solicited on each step of the decision making (including the presentation of tools, methods and key management strategies outputs) During field courses, we highlight importance of skier behavior and decision making in avalanche hazard management. We use Game card on human behaviors (De Bono), or another approach based on color game referring to temperament profiles (KG Yung, adapted). Finally, we will try to implement experience (in the evening after field trip) of playing cards based on 3X3 rule based approach, coming from the Dutch Snow Safety Center. Our ultimate goal is to go further in the involvement of Trainees in their own learning. Experiences, including cognitions, environmental factors influence there learning process. Various practical suggestions of experiential learning for avalanche educators (including avalanche rescue) will be discussed