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Direct linkCurt Davidson; Alan Ewert; Ryan Zwart – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
Over the past several decades outdoor adventure recreation programs (OARPs) have seen an increase in popularity on university campuses across the country. This study used the Leisure Motivation Scale (LMS) developed, to measure motives for participation; that is, the study investigated college students' motivations to participate in OARPs.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, College Students, Student Attitudes, Outdoor Education
Peer reviewedHumberstone, Barbara – Gender and Education, 1990
A study of a coeducational outdoor/adventure program for 13- to 15-year olds at Shotmoor, England, where all participated in the same activities. The boys' beliefs about the abilities of girls were altered in a way that would not have occurred in a classroom. (DM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Case Studies, Ethnography
Peer reviewedEwert, Alan; Hollenhorst, Steve – Journal of Environmental Education, 1990
Explored are the societal influences that have led to contemporary views surrounding the adventure experience. Adventure recreation and outdoor recreation are contrasted. The growth of the adventure recreation phenomenon is discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Environmental Education, History, Outdoor Activities
Gillenson, Amy J.; And Others – 1983
A study undertaken to examine the effects on students of participation in a limited experiential learning program yielded no definitive conclusions but suggested several directions for further study. Dartmouth College undergraduate students who enrolled in an intermediate psychology course in 1973 and 1974 had the opportunity to be selected to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adventure Education, College Students, Course Evaluation
Download full textMarsh, Herbert W.; And Others – 1984
Questionnaires were administered to 361 participants of a standard 26-day Australian Outward Bound Program to examine systematic change and stabiltiy in multiple dimensions of self-concept, to test hypothesized effects of Outward Bound participation on self-concept, and to explore methodological issues in such studies. The participants (aged…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Adventure Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGillett, Douglas P.; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1991
A study determines the effect of a six-day wilderness experience on self-concept, knowledge of and attitude toward the environment of twelfth grade students (n=61). Results indicate that changes in self-concept and environmental knowledge can occur from short-term wilderness experiences. (56 references) (MCO)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Camping
