- What is the value to young people of adventure
activities?
- Can such activities contribute to young
people's development?
- What consititutes an effective outdoor
adventure?
- How might the quality of young people's
experiences be improved?
- What are the tools for effective evaluation?
"Why Adventure? represents a significant
contribution to the task of exploring the value and benefits of
outdoor adventure to the personal and social development of
young people.
Its wide ranging scope is unprecedented, covering
youth and community work, education, youth social work and youth
training, both in the UK and abroad.
It provides an up to date picture of research that
is relevant both to the processes and to the outcomes
of young people's experiences of outdoor adventure.
Why Adventure? explores several key
ingredients of outdoor adventure:
- adventure itself:
- its group dimension
- the influence of staff
- sport and physical education
- the environment.
It includes an in-depth consideration of the
role of outdoor adventure in work with young people in trouble
and at risk, and discusses new directions for future research
and evaluation.
If you are a practitioner or researcher interested
in the role of outdoor adventure in young people's development,
this publication is for you."
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Research from the UK and abroad
The priority was to collect and review UK research,
but the review also includes key studies and research reviews from
abroad.
Empirical research studies
Another priority was to collect and review empirical
research studies, most of which turned out to be either about
Outward Bound programmes or about programmes for young people in
trouble or at risk.
Other research about
outdoor adventure
In areas where few empirical studies could be found,
findings from more theoretical research have been included.
Findings from research in related fields
This included sociological and psychological
research, research into the developmental effects of sport, the
environment, leadership styles, etc.
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The authors hope to encourage research that
investigates how outdoor adventure 'works'. They believe that
researchers would be better able to provide meaningful evidence of
effectiveness, and more reliable guidance about improving
practice, if they 'try harder' to bridge the gap between 'process'
and 'outcome' studies. This in turn would help to establish closer
links between research and practice.
Title: WHY ADVENTURE? The Role and Value of
Outdoor Adventure in Young People's Personal and Social
Development: A Review of Research
Authors: Jon Barrett and Dr. Roger Greenaway
Publisher: The Foundation for Outdoor Adventure
Date: 1995
ISBN: 1 900170 00 0
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Please use the articles
index or the research
index to find old and new writing on related themes.
Manifesto
The MANIFESTO for Outdoor
Adventure for Young People is viewable on this site.
It was part of a campaign launched by The
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