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Robert P. Lubeznik-Warner; Michael Froehly; Taylor Wycoff; Victoria Povilaitis; Luke Cloward; Shannielle Taylor; Seunghee Moon – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: Summer camp is an experiential learning setting that supports youth development. Due to high fees, youth from low-income backgrounds often have fewer opportunities to attend. Subsequently, there is little literature about these youth's camp experiences. Purpose: This research examined growth and the characteristics supporting growth in…
Descriptors: Camps, Low Income Groups, Summer Programs, Experiential Learning
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Pérez, Isabela E.; Wu, Rachel; Murray, Carolyn B.; Bravo, Diamond – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
With increasing rates of globalization, understanding the cultural factors that promote positive adaptation in migrant children and adolescents is vital. In prior research, acculturation and enculturation frameworks often rely on unidimensional or bidimensional conceptions of culture to study the effects of migration on child and adolescent…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Acculturation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Children
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Unis, Brian; Bjuresäter, Kaisa; Nilsson, Jan – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
The aim of this grounded theory study was to explore late-adolescents' process of sexual development along with their information- and support-seeking behaviors in a Swedish context. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with late-adolescents aged between 18 and 21 years in high schools in central Sweden. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Late Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Information Seeking
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Meyer, Shelley; Jones, Kenneth R. – Journal of Extension, 2015
The purpose of the project reported here was to apply Experiential Learning Theory to a context involving middle and high school aged youth while assessing the four concepts (belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity) in relation to the 4-H youth development essential elements. The conclusions of the project's evaluation suggest…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Middle School Students, High School Students, Adolescent Development
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Martin, Robin Ann; Tanyu, Manolya; Perry, Stirling – Journal of Research in International Education, 2016
This qualitative multiple-case study examined the implementation of an experiential learning component of an academic curriculum in six high schools in Turkey. Structures and supports that influenced programme implementation were examined using an implementation framework adapted from Durlak and Dupre. The study describes how the experiential…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Advanced Placement Programs, School Culture, Experiential Learning
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Guild, Diane; Espiner, Deborah – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2014
Rolling with Resilience (RwR) provides a springboard for developing strategies that build strengths and supports to foster developmental assets in children and youth (Benson, Scales, & Roehlkepartain, 2011). In Circle of Courage terms, resilience is strengthened by opportunities for Belonging, Mastery, Independence, and Generosity (Brendtro,…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Child Development, Adolescent Development, Training
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Lin, Yii-nii; Chiu, Yi-hsing Claire; Lai, Pi-hui – College Student Journal, 2014
This study describes the learning and development experiences of teacher education students after taking an introductory course on adolescent psychology. The instructor adopted the developmental instruction model (DIM) (Knefelkamp, 1998) in this study and facilitated students learn through experiential learning. Fifteen students (aged between 20…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Preservice Teachers, Psychology, Adolescents
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Ellerbock, Cheryl R.; Kiefer, Sarah M. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2014
Young adolescents have unique basic and developmental needs. Middle level educators are best able to reach and teach young adolescents when they understand students' needs and when the school environment, including its organizational structures and teacher practices, are responsive to these needs. Findings from a recently conducted qualitative…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Student Needs, Middle School Teachers
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Seaman, Jayson – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
Even though these papers represent radically different types of research in different environments and with diverse populations, I think they are appropriately grouped under the theme of "experiential education and youth development in diverse settings." In their own way, each of them deals with the role of experiential education in mitigating the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Research, Youth, Adolescent Development
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Ashton, Carolyn; Arnold, Mary E.; Wells, Elissa E. – Journal of Extension, 2010
4-H has long emphasized the importance of civic engagement and community service for positive youth development. One pathway to this ideal is youth action research and evaluation. This article demonstrates how participatory youth research and evaluation can lead to the successful implementation of community action projects. It describes the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Action, Citizen Participation, Youth Programs
May, Dieter – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1996
Across cultures, a common motif is the rite of passage that facilitates transition to adulthood. The structure of an Outward Bound course parallels a classic adolescent initiation rite, involving separation from home and family, influence of a guide or instructor, group adventure in which participants increasingly take responsibility, a solo…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Individual Development
Griffith, Lloyd – Camping Magazine, 1999
Adolescent development can be influenced by two critical factors in camp programming: content of the values that shape and inform the camper and degree of challenge. Camp adventure activities successfully merge recreation and education in an outdoor setting that provides space for the explorations of youth. Camp can play a unique role in guiding…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adventure Education, Camping
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Buswell, Mark; And Others – Child and Youth Services, 1982
Describes a full time, 18 week, interdisciplinary, experiential education program in which high school students from Colorado Springs, Colorado participate in outdoor adventure, community study, and community service projects. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adventure Education, Community Services, Experiential Learning
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Kolb, David Charles – Journal of Experiential Education, 1988
Describes a study of self-concept changes among 87 ninth-grade students during a 10-week mandatory adventure course. Concludes that course participation improved overall self-esteem and perceptions of own physical self and popularity, particularly among male students. Contains 16 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adventure Education, Experiential Learning
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Guion, Lisa A. – Journal of Extension, 1998
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service implemented summer youth nutrition to provide youth with information on the fundamentals of proper nutrition and contribute to their personal development and overall well-being. Collaboration among extension professionals and with external partners enabled the program to serve a total of 1469 youth.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Experiential Learning, Extension Education, Nutrition Instruction
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