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Svoboda, Jakub; Jirásek, Ivo – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2022
Snowshoeing is a traditional winter movement activity, but it is not very often utilised in formal physical education. This research study investigates whether snowshoeing and winter camping are suitable for use in university physical education and how the experience of such activities can benefit students. Eight students (five men, three women)…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Experiential Learning, Physical Education, Metacognition
Faulds, Nick; Beddoes, Zack – Physical Educator, 2023
Adventure education (AE) is a student-centered curricular model built upon acceptance where various types of learners can experience challenge, success, emotional growth, and peer interaction. Most studies focus exclusively on the perspectives of the instructors, whereas this study includes parental perspectives of children with disabilities and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, School Districts, High School Students, Physical Education
DeLangie, Nicholas Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Adventure Education is the field of study that uses human-powered activities in the wilderness to facilitate both individual and group growth and development. Over the past few decades, this field has focused on a return to the natural environment to provide experiential learning for students to develop both technical skills and higher-level…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Higher Education, Experiential Learning, Student Attitudes
Ingman, Benjamin C. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2021
This study explores the interaction of participants and institutional cultures in adventure education (AE) through the qualitative method of educational criticism and connoisseurship. Three AE programmes were included in this study: a backpacking expedition (11 participants), a challenge course (29 participants), and a multi-activity adventure…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Goal Orientation, Criticism, Program Descriptions
Robertson, Phyllis; Graves, Elizabeth; Bobilya, Andrew J.; Murdock, Todd; Brotherton, Dale; Hunter, Sara – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2020
This exploratory study examined the benefits of participating in a three-week, multi-state bicycling trip for eight adolescents who participated in a first-generation, college-bound program. The primary purpose of this study was to explore participants' perceptions of their own resilience, independence, responsibility, and problem-solving and to…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, First Generation College Students, Resilience (Psychology), Student Attitudes
Laraway, Melissa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Orientation programs on college campuses across the United States exist to serve the needs of new students to transition and thrive in their new setting. Some students may arrive on campus for even more specialized programs beyond traditional orientation programs, such as athletic practice, that focus on academic courses or involve a wilderness…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Self Efficacy
Harper, Nevin J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2018
Background: College students generally participate in study abroad experiences (SAE) at times of identity and value development as emerging adults. SAE has been criticized as perpetuating colonial acts through the project of globalization. Purpose: This research examined how participants construct meaning about place(s) and how this meaning…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Place Based Education, Cultural Awareness, College Students
Higham, Rupert; Djohari, Natalie – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
Using a mixed methods design, the researchers investigated understandings and practices of democracy across Round Square, a worldwide network of 180 schools committed to shared values. An extensive questionnaire received 4020 student and 863 teacher returns; additionally, leaders, students, and parents from five case study schools on different…
Descriptors: Voting, Democratic Values, Networks, Student Attitudes
johnson, jay; Chin, Jessica W. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2016
This study is a qualitative examination of the experiences and impact of participating in an outdoor-based and adventure education-based orientation as an alternative to traditional forms of sport team initiation. Traditional forms of initiation for the participants in this study had included hazing ceremonies, whereby new team members were forced…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Outdoor Education, Athletes, Adventure Education
Bobilya, Andrew J.; Kalisch, Ken; Daniel, Brad – Journal of Experiential Education, 2011
Research of wilderness programs indicates a clear need for additional investigation of specific program components and their influence on participant outcomes. This study examines one component of the Outward Bound wilderness program--the Final Expedition. The Final Expedition is a student-led wilderness expedition and is also referred to as an…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Travel, Student Experience, Physical Environment
O'Connell, Tim – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
What exactly is an "outdoor orientation program?" First offered in the United States in the 1930s by Dartmouth College, outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) use adventure programming to help incoming students adjust to university or college. Typically, these programs are conducted in a wilderness or backcountry setting, are several days…
Descriptors: Time Management, Drinking, School Orientation, Coping
Paling, David – College Board Review, 1985
A high school outdoor adventure program adopted by over 30 schools uses an obstacle course to promote student participation, completion, risk-taking, teamwork, and physical fitness. The course can be adapted to group needs at a wide range of age levels. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Higher Education, Outdoor Education, Physical Education
Cohen, Michael J. – Outdoor Communicator, 1987
Describes the experiential, September-May, outdoor travel-study degree program sponsored by the National Audubon Society Expedition Institute in which 18 students with guides and interns camp across North America questioning subcultures, wilderness, scientists, and educators. Uses vignettes and student commentaries, quotations, and evaluations.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Field Instruction

McRae, Keith – Journal of Experiential Education, 1986
Argues that both short- and long-term outdoor education and wilderness programs should promote environmental awareness and the development of an environmental ethic. Outlines examples of approaches to integrating environmental goals and concepts into outdoor experiential education programs offered by Australian elementary and secondary schools and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Conservation Education, Educational Objectives

Hastie, Peter A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1994
An adventure weekend course aimed to clarify college physical education majors' perceptions of "enjoyment,""success," and "challenge" associated with physical education activities. Twenty-five students participated in a high ropes course, a climbing wall, and group problem-solving activities, and became more…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, College Students, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education