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Garst, Barry A.; Browne, Laurie P.; Bialeschki, M. Deborah – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
The organized camp experience has been an important part of the lives of children, youth, and adults for over 150 years and is a social institution that touches more lives than any other except for schools. Camp is more than a location or a program; it encompasses the affective, cognitive, behavioral, physical, social, and spiritual benefits that…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Learning Experience, Outdoor Education, Educational Opportunities
Compton-Lilly, Catherine – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ3), 2008
A case study of one child, Alicia, is used to explore how children's identities as readers are constructed across time as they move thorough school. Attention to time helps us attend to how students draw on ongoing, familial, and historical resources in ways that are both recursive and future-oriented as they construct themselves as readers across…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Instruction, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies