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Cohesion and Trauma: An Examination of a Collegiate Women's Volleyball Team
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Fletcher, Teresa B.; Meyer, Barbara B. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2009
This study examined the effects of Adventure Based Counseling (i.e., a low-element challenge program) on the cohesion of a collegiate women's volleyball team. Results suggest postintervention improvements in team cohesion. The support created in the challenge experience also transferred to the players helping one another to grieve the untimely…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Team Sports, Teamwork
"Heading for the Hills" and the Search for Gender Solidarity.
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Miranda, Wilma – Journal of Experiential Education, 1985
Discusses the search for gender identity in the midst of conflicting messages from modern society and reviews the American tradition of looking to outdoor adventure as a means of affirming gender-based community. Urges experiential educators to be sensitive to gender-related anxiety and aware of the benefits of same-sex groups. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Females, Individual Development
Gender Conflict in Adventure Education: Three Feminist Perspectives.
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Morse, Anne J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1997
Describes overt and latent gender conflicts in an adventure education program at a small southwestern college. Analyzes dynamics within the program, drawing on feminist application of social construction theory, the theory of gender differences in moral development, and a feminist critique of dualistic hierarchical thinking. Discusses implications…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Change Strategies, College Programs, Consciousness Raising
Young Asian Women Experiences of the Summer Activities Initiative.
Kirby, Laura – Horizons, 2002
Interviews and observations focused on experiences of 15 young Asian women at a 5-day summer adventure program in southern England. Participants seemed bored with presentations about future career options, activities lost their challenge through repetition, and debriefing was weak. However, the women connected with the transferable skills of trust…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Career Guidance, Cultural Influences, Experiential Learning
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