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Direct linkTimothy S. O'Connell; Anna H. Lathrop; Kelly A. Pilato – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: The short-term impacts of outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) have been documented in the literature for close to 40 years. While there is a fair amount of research examining the immediate effects of OOPs, there are relatively few studies exploring long-term impacts. Purpose: This study examined the important longitudinal "lessons…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, School Orientation, Alumni, Social Networks
Download full textO'Connell, Tim – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
What exactly is an "outdoor orientation program?" First offered in the United States in the 1930s by Dartmouth College, outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) use adventure programming to help incoming students adjust to university or college. Typically, these programs are conducted in a wilderness or backcountry setting, are several days…
Descriptors: Time Management, Drinking, School Orientation, Coping
Fram, Isabel; And Others – 1977
A study was conducted among black West Indian students in North York, Ontario (Canada) junior high schools. The purpose of the study was to determine what factors were present in those students who appeared to cope easily with the transition to Canadian schools and those who appeared to have difficulty. Data were collected from students by means…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Coping, Foreign Countries
