NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Resilience, Peer Relationships, and Confidence: Do Girls' Programs Promote Positive Change?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Whittington, Anja; Aspelmeier, Jeffery E. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2018
The purpose of this study was to analyze whether girls' levels of resilience increased after participation in a variety of programs. In this study, 711 girls participated in one of four program types: adventure education (n = 71), experiential education (n = 164), traditional camp setting (n = 228), and mixed camp setting (n = 248). The study…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Self Esteem, Females
Adventure-Based Programming and Social Skill Development in the Lives of Diverse Youth: Perspectives from Two Research Projects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shirilla, Paul – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
Social skill development is emerging as an important issue for educators and practitioners in their work with adolescent youth. This presentation will use the results from two ongoing research projects to examine the relationship between adventure-based programming and social skill development in the lives of diverse youth. The first project is…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Extension Education, Research Projects, Skill Development
Tort Liability and Risk Management in Adventure Education.
Rubendall, Robert L., Jr. – 1982
On the premise that the benefits of adventure education far outweigh risks in any well managed program, this document provides such programs, which stand on relatively untested ground in the eye of the law in this litigious society, with strategies for reduction of risk by controlling the nature and frequency of accidents. The first section…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adventure Education, Camping, Canoeing
A Short Course in The Melting Pot.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cuff, Bill; Churchard, Tim – Journal of Experiential Education, 1983
Describes how the events of a week of outdoor education for 40 migrant teenagers of various cultural backgrounds moved from racial and geographic discord to cooperation, proving that the melting pot is still working. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Cooperation, Cultural Background
Final Quantitative Evaluation for 1972-73 Year II.
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary – 1978
High school sophomores participating in the second year of Project Adventure, an educational program expanded to include community service, experiential learning, and a rigorous physical education program, showed improvements in physical abililty and self-concept consistent with improvements shown by students in the program's first year.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
Final Quantitative Evaluation for 1971-72 Year I.
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary – 1978
Project Adventure, an innovative educational program combining experiential learning in academics with a rigorous physical education curriculum at the high school level, was successful in its first year (1971-72). Project staff attempted to: develop and teach the physical education component; involve students and faculty in experiential dimensions…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning
Colonial Life. A Visit in Which the Students Meet History, Each Other, and the Community.
Project Adventure, Hamilton, MA. – 1978
As part of Project Adventure, a specific unit within a 12-week Colonial History course taught at a Massachusetts high school was designed to: involve students with each other, their community, and local history; add a significant social and experiential dimension to the course; use a unique system of student evaluation and grading; and be…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Colonial History (United States), Community Involvement