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Bacon, Stephen Barcia – 1983
Learning is a metaphoric function in which the individual confirms or reorders his sense of reality by relating previous experiences with present ones. Outward Bound, an experiential learning approach, incorporates this insight in its theoretical foundations. The effectiveness of the metaphor is dependent on the extent to which the experience is…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Generalization, Group Experience
Bacon, Stephen Barcia – 1988
In order to evaluate the contention that an Outward Bound course grants individuals the opportunity to learn to live and work with people very different from themselves, 85 minority high school students on scholarships were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Each attended 14 to 20 three-day Outward Bound programs in the summer of 1981. The…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Ethnic Distribution, Ethnic Relations
