ABSTRACT
One of the ways of categorising adventure learning outcomes is that they are tangible or intangible. Adventure outcomes can also be categorised as either formal or informal. Formal learning provides knowledge and basis of qualifications and accreditations, the product outcomes on which tiers of professional life and communities functioning rely. Informal learning provides the process that enables people to learn about themselves and how to exist, how to live and work alongside others, to be motivated to contribute to society and their community. An objective of adventure learning and an outcome of informal learning is that people have a greater awareness of themselves, and people who understand themselves more fully, relate to others more effectively and have a greater propensity to foster such understanding in others. Both formal and informal learning are necessary in life, as people need a common body of core skills and knowledge but also people need to learn from one another for society to evolve.
