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Download full textBryant, Louise Stevens – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The Girl Scouts, a national organization, is open to any girl who expresses her desire to join and voluntarily accepts the promise and the laws. The object of the Girl Scouts is to bring to all girls the opportunity for group experience outdoor life, and to learn through work, but more by play, to serve their community. Patterned after the Girl…
Descriptors: Females, Youth Programs, Child Development, Outdoor Education
Peer reviewedPope, R. – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1979
The Juvenile Unemployment Center (JUC) scheme was intended as a palliative to the temporary unemployment of young people as the British economy reverted to peace-time levels after World War I. This article examines the thinking behind the JUC scheme and the reasons for its limited success. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Programs, Failure
Hill, Amie; Herman, Richard – 1998
Based on structured interviews with Interlocken students, staff, parents, and alumni, this book presents a historical account of the international coeducational camp, Interlocken, founded in 1961, and its practice and philosophy of experiential education. Section 1 explains the innovative summer-camp/youth-travel mission of Interlocken and its…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Cultural Exchange, Experiential Learning
Mackintosh, Helen K. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1947
In the field of camping and outdoor education, it is essential that public schools be prepared to meet the needs and the demands of the next few years for this important service and take advantage of the almost unlimited possibilities for vitalizing the school curriculum. A few schools have recognized the possibilities of camping and outdoor…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Outdoor Education, School Activities, Recreational Activities
