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Lee, Jihyun; Chang, Seung Ho; Haegele, Justin A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2020
Background: Service-learning has been used in adapted physical activity and education (APA/E) courses in kinesiology. However, evidence has been lacking to clarify the need for utilizing service-learning in APA/E courses as an avenue to change attitudes of students. Purpose: This study aimed to compare two APA/E courses, one with service-learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education
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Gress, Sara; Hall, Troy – Journal of Experiential Education, 2017
Outdoor experiential education (OEE) programs often cater to white, upper-class individuals. With major demographic shifts occurring in the United States, OEE organizations are confronting this imbalance. The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) is addressing this issue with its Gateway Scholarship Program. The purpose of this mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning, Student Attitudes, Leadership Training
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Scott, Katharine E.; Graham, James A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
The literature on service-learning outcomes in pre-adolescent children is relatively sparse. Empathy (i.e., overall, cognitive, affective) and community engagement (i.e., connection to the community, civic awareness, civic efficacy) were assessed in 155 first, second, and fifth graders (n = 79 males; n = 76 females) using a pre/post design for a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 5
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Orren, Pamela M.; Werner, Paul D. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2007
This research assessed effects of brief wilderness programs on adolescents' self-concepts, internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and environmental attitudes and contrasted effects for adolescents in five racial groups. A pretest-posttest design compared adolescents who participated in wilderness outings (n = 67) with adolescents on a waiting…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Racial Differences, African Americans, Pretests Posttests
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Pate, Laura J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1997
On the first and last days of the course, 97 adolescent participants on 14 wilderness adventure courses of 20-30 days duration completed the Sex Role Questionnaire by responding on a Likert scale to 22 statements. Data indicate that adolescents' sex-role stereotypes became less traditionally oriented by the end of the course. Contains 17…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change