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Developing Life Skills Through Adventure Education: A Qualitative Study, Jim Sibthorp
Developing Life Skills Through Adventure Education: A Qualitative Study, Jim Sibthorp
Research in Outdoor Education
In an attempt to understand the process of learning during a longer duration adventure education program, students in Broadreach were interviewed after participating in a three week long sail and dive-training program. In addition to sail and dive training, the Broadreach program focuses on leadership and personal development through experiential methodology.
Leadership Development And Youth Camping: Determining A Relationship, Rachelle H. Toupence, Christine D. Townsend
Leadership Development And Youth Camping: Determining A Relationship, Rachelle H. Toupence, Christine D. Townsend
Research in Outdoor Education
The terminology may have changed, but the concepts of "leaders" and "leadership" have been a part of human thought for thousands of years. Similarly, so has leadership education. Leadership is one of the core skills employers expect of their employees at every level (Scheneman, 1991) and leadership development has emerged as a goal of outdoor education (Friese, Hendee, & Kinziger, 1998). Debate continues concerning the most effective methods for developing leadership as in recent years leadership education has been brought to the forefront. This is borne out in leisure literature as well, where in the last decade scholars have begun …