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Tying Yourself to the Chair: Using Slack in a Classroom as Organization Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ovidiu C. Cocieru, Matthew C.B. Lyle, Mark A. McDonald
Background: The Classroom-as-Organization (CAO) is an established experiential education approach in management education. Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to explore how students and instructors use Slack to communicate in a CAO. Methodology/Approach: We conduct a discourse analysis of three separate exchanges on Slack, an application used for student and instructor communication in an externally
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The Sublime Reimagined: Moving Towards Deweeper Human–Nature Relations in Outdoor Adventure Education Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Amy E. Smallwood
Background: Current research in outdoor adventure education advocates for deeper attention to place and the role that place and the more-than-human world play in pedagogical processes. However, historical and socio-cultural analysis of the roots of OAE reveals an educational approach that encourages adversarial human–nature relations toward the pursuit of anthropocentric outcomes. The use of sublime
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The Effect of Ugandan Coffee Farmers’ Role Identity on Their Experiential Learning Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Robert Ochago, Domenico Dentoni, Maral Mahdad
Background: Although the literature on education and learning sciences determined how student identities influence their experiential learning process, this link is less clear in the agricultural context, where farmers have faced unique value chain challenges i.e., production to marketing. Purpose: This study contributes to examining how farmers’ role identities support or hamper farmers’ experiential
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The Impact of a Classroom as Organization on University-to-Work Transitions and Early Careers Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Ovidiu C. Cocieru, Matthew C. B. Lyle, Lauren C. Hindman, Mark A. McDonald
Background: One of the most promising experiential learning approaches in the field of management education is the classroom as organization (CAO), in which students create and run an organization as part of class activities. The CAO contributes to student development in many ways, including by helping students develop teamwork skills, real-world problem-solving capabilities, and emotional intelligence
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Trends and Issues in Experiential and Outdoor Education Programs Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Andrew J. Bobilya, Tom Holman, Betsy Lindley, Esther Ayers, Christine Norton, Steve Smith, Denise Mitten, Brent J. Bell
This brief article summarizes five trends and issues discussed during a moderated panel and round table discussion at the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) Symposium on Experiential Education Research (SEER) in November 2023. The aim of this session was to expand on prior documented trends and disseminate current experiential and outdoor education (EOE) trends, issues, and related research
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A Phenomenological Study of Intensive Experiential Learning for University Faculty Professional Development Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Mary Rodriguez, Kim E. Dooley, T. Grady Roberts
Background: College students need the ability to generalize and apply solutions through reflective practice. University faculty need professional development to use authentic cases to prepare students for the future. Purpose: This study was to explore the experiences of faculty through a year-long professional development program that included a field experience contextually focused on natural disasters
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The Witnesses, the Mediators, and the Treatment Plan Promoters: A Phenomenological Study of Residential Facility Staff Members’ Role as Companions on Wilderness Journeys Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Menny Malka, Anat Haas
Background: Wilderness therapy (WT) has become a popular method of intervention with youth residing in residential facilities (RFs), and an important part of their treatment plan. Thus, the dual positioning and role of RF staff members - who both accompany participants on the WT journey and, at the same time, participate in their on-site, daily therapeutic processes - becomes pivotal in therapy programs
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Reported Decreases in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices in Environmental Education Organizations Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Robert Justin Hougham, Sarah Burgess, Jody Bauer
Background: STEM achievement gaps affect marginalized students nation-wide. Environmental education (EE) does not currently nor historically represent a wide range of demographic backgrounds, and increasing concerns demonstrate the effects this can have on pedagogy of the field and the success of its students. Purpose: This research focuses on measures being reported by EE organizations in Wisconsin
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Day Camp Leadership: Women's Experiences with Gender Bias, Inequity, and Double Binds Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Kiah DeVona, Jennie M. Weiner
Background: Despite representing half of approximately 1.5 million camp counsellors in the United States, women in outdoor experiential education (OEE) continually face barriers that constrain them to lead according to restrictive gendered expectations. While scholars have studied this issue across a variety of OEE contexts, summer day camps are largely absent from empirical dialogue about gender and
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Course Design for Leadership Learning in an Experiential Program Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Tara Penry, Eun Hye Son
Background: Leadership development is commonly named as an outcome for experiential learning (EL) programs. Some programs have shown success at inculcating individual leadership traits. However, it is not clear whether there is a relationship between certain kinds of experiential pedagogy and specific leadership concepts or styles, such as industrial and postindustrial leadership and other concepts
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Developing Pro-Environmental Behavior and Environmental Advocacy Through Multi-Day Canoe and Kayak Experiences Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ryan K. Hines, Ryan Zwart
Background/Purpose: Organized events with environmental and outdoor education (EOE) components have the potential to change participant environmental behaviors. This study further investigates emergent outcomes, meanings, and effect on behavior that an organized, community-based, multigenerational river canoeing and kayaking event may have for its participants and considers these intersections of pro-environmental
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Exploring Mental Health Outcome Variables in Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Education Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Curt Davidson, Alan Ewert
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many facets of outdoor adventure and experiential education (OAEE) programs. Using past literature, four variables represent important student outcome variables associated with OAEE programs. Purpose: This study examined the effects of participation in an OAEE program on levels of anxiety, depression, hope, and resilience. Methods: This study used online
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Shallow Water Crossings: Elevating Indigenous Knowledge Systems Through Adventure Learning Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Nathan L. Moody, Brant G. Miller, Robert Justin Hougham
Background: Outdoor Adventure Education (OAE) predominantly centers learning around individual goal setting and experiences and has not traditionally elevated Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). Purpose: This research focuses on understanding how student learning and inquiry is affected through OAE that emphasizes the importance of IKS as a starting point for environmental and experiential data collection
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Barriers for Veterans Accessing Outdoor Programming: An Examination of Website Representation Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Aaron Leonard, Joanna Ellen Bettmann, Ellison Blumenthal
Background: Existing outdoor programs which market to veterans are likely to help veterans to get outdoors and to connect with one another. However, these programs appear to market to mostly White, male populations even though many veterans are female and racially diverse. Purpose: In order to consider barriers to outdoor program engagement for diverse and marginalized populations of veterans, the
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Reflection in Professional Practice and Education in Engineering, Nursing, and Teaching Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Hans-Herman Holthuis
Background: Critical reflection is an essential curricular component for learning from experience that determines placement quality in postsecondary experiential learning placements. However, there are poor empirical connections between the use of critically reflective processes and learning outcomes. Purpose: This research explored reflective processes professionals use in their practice and how these
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Narratives About Memorable Camp Experiences: Fostering Growth in Youth from Low-Income Backgrounds Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Robert P. Lubeznik-Warner, Michael Froehly, Taylor Wycoff, Victoria Povilaitis, Luke Cloward, Shannielle Taylor, Seunghee Moon
BackgroundSummer camp is an experiential learning setting that supports youth development. Due to high fees, youth from low-income backgrounds often have fewer opportunities to attend. Subsequently, there is little literature about these youth’s camp experiences.PurposeThis research examined growth and the characteristics supporting growth in memorable camp experiences shared by youth more than one
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“Nature Environments Without Actually Being There”: Virtual Recreation Experiences and Real-World Intentions Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Nathan Williams
Background: Despite access to nature-based recreation, many college students do not take advantage of these experiences to improve their mental and physical health. Virtual reality experiences provide a potential pathway to motivate this population to recreate outdoors, but research is needed to determine whether virtual recreation can lead to real-world intent to recreate. Purpose: This study investigated
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“My Favourite Self:” A Retrospective Analysis of an Outdoor Orientation Program Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Timothy S. O’Connell, Anna H. Lathrop, Kelly A. Pilato
Background: The short-term impacts of outdoor orientation programs (OOPs) have been documented in the literature for close to 40 years. While there is a fair amount of research examining the immediate effects of OOPs, there are relatively few studies exploring long-term impacts. Purpose: This study examined the important longitudinal “lessons learned” from participating in an OOP. Methodology/Approach:
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Experienced and Inexperienced Staff: Exploring the Differences Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Alan Ewert, Curt Davidson, Amy Direnzo, Jon Frankel
Background: The outdoor industry has experienced a number of problematic issues, one of the most prominent being staffing concerns related to hiring, retention, and burnout. Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between the level of experience, gender, and age on the selected variables of resilience, coping skills, mental toughness, levels of anxiety, job positivity, and burnout. Methods:
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Investigating How Immersion Semester High Schools Promote Meaningful Experiences Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Lisa Meerts-Brandsma, Bryn Spielvogel, Hilary Lambert, Jim Sibthorp
Background: Practitioners want to create meaningful experiences for youth because they provide positive benefits. Immersion semester high schools are likely to provide meaningful experiences. Purpose: This study sought to identify what types of activities are most meaningful to youth, whether activities are more meaningful in immersion semester high schools, and to determine which aspects of immersion
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Fight, Flight, or Freeze?: Equine-Assisted Learning as a Means to Explore Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Agency in Rural Youth During COVID-19 Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Lauren Davis, Christine Rogers Stanton
Background: Given the emerging information about the COVID-19 pandemic's detrimental impacts on youth well-being, it is paramount to consider interventions that may mitigate these consequences, esp...
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A Large-Scale Study of Students’ E-Service-Learning Experiences and Outcomes During the Pandemic Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Grace Ngai, Ka-Hing Lau, Kam-Por Kwan
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in strict social distancing and lockdown measures to contain the spread of the disease. These measures significantly impacted experiential pedagogies, inc...
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A Scoping Review of Experiential Learning in Public Health Education From the Perspective of Students, Faculty, and Community Partners Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Raymond Boon Tar Lim, Dana Wai Shin Chow, Huili Zheng
Background: Experiential learning is increasingly important in public health education. Purpose: Based on 33 studies, this is the first scoping review that provides clarity on the types of experien...
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The Impact of Experiential Learning on Professional Identity: Comparing Community Service-Learning to Traditional Practica Pedagogy Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Cynthia J. Gallop, Brian Guthrie, Nana Asante
Community service-learning (CSL) has been referred to as a “pedagogy for citizenship,” as it enhances ethical behavior and social responsibility among student participants. It represents a pedagogi...
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Poverty Simulation With Teacher Candidates to Increase Awareness About Poverty Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Patricia Briscoe
Background: Research suggests that many educators hold inaccurate or incomplete perceptions of poverty leading to stereotyping of students living in poverty. It is important for future teachers to ...
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Place-based Pedagogy in a Border Region: A Qualitative Examination of Experiences Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-04-02 S. Anthony Deringer, Gloria Martinez, Rob Dussler, Andrew Morreale
Background: Problematic trends have been identified with student travel that perpetuate hierarchies of power in outdoor recreation. Little research has examined the impact of bias, racism, or polit...
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The Effects of Reflection and Transfer on Undergraduate Animal Science Students’ Knowledge Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Bradley M. Coleman, James C. Bunch, Thomas Grady Roberts, Glenn D. Israel, Allen F. Wysocki
Background: Experiential learning is commonly used in postsecondary settings, especially in undergraduate, agricultural, and laboratory courses. However, a lack of attention has been paid by educat...
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Men's Perspectives on Gender Relations in the Outdoor Education Field: Furthering the Case for a Hybrid Masculinity Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-02-11 Jay Kennedy
Background: Scholarship has demonstrated the influence of hegemonic masculine norms on values and practices in outdoor adventure education. However, recent publications indicate that men outdoor le...
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Experiential Education Programs: Fertile Environments for Identity Formation Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Lisa Meerts-Brandsma, Theresa Melton, Jim Sibthorp
Background: Understanding how contextual elements within educational environments relate to identity formation can help educators design experiences intended to support identity formation processes...
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Intergenerational, Community-Based Learning and Exercise Science Student Perceptions of Classroom Community Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-12-29 Amy A. Crawley, William Crawley
Background: Community-based learning is a high-impact, experiential teaching practice where elements of social interaction and authentic participation transform cognitive understanding into meaning...
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Educating Learning Assistants as Facilitators: Design Challenges and Experiences of Practice Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Sven Veine, Martha K. Anderson, Lars B. Skancke, Patric Wallin
Background: Facilitation can be used to support experiential learning in higher education but can be a resource-intensive approach. One solution to compensate for this may be to educate learning as...
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Adventure Therapy for Adolescents with Complex Trauma: A Scoping Review and Analysis Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-12-25 Graham Pringle, Jennifer Boddy, Maddy Slattery, Paul Harris
Background: Childhood adversity is linked with mental health concerns, including complex trauma (CT), whereas positive experiences may be restorative. Treatment for CT with adolescents commonly use...
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Bridges to Civic Health: Enhancing Shared Service-Learning Collaboration in Nursing and History Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Adam D. Sundberg, Echo N. Koehler
Background: Faculty in nursing and history at Creighton University directed two service-learning courses on the history and public health implications of lead (Pb) exposure in Omaha, NE. As part of...
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Integrating Horses in Psychotherapy for Transition-Aged Students: A Theory-Driven Logic Model Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Erin Kelly, Wendy Wood, Lorann Stallones, Arlene A. Schmid, B. Caitlin Peters
Background: There is a lack of research on psychotherapy interventions for transition-aged students ages 18 to 21 that integrate horses or other equines in the provision of services. A critical ear...
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Pandemic Partnerships: Community/University Experiences with Community-Based Learning in the COVID-19 Era Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Ryan J. Couillou, Beth L. McGee, April S. Carr, Tabitha Lamberth
Background: COVID-19 inevitably affected community-based learning. Though the literature has begun to explore the impact on higher education and community partners, more information is needed about...
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Climate Change Educational Resources From National Parks in the United States Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Breanna C. Beaver, Shannon L. Navy
Background: Educators report needing relevant and authentic climate change educational resources (CCER). National parks are informal education centers that can provide CCER for educators. However, ...
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“Real Students Helping Others”: Student Reflections on a Research-Based Service-Learning Project in a Gender and Victimization Course Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Breanna Boppre, Shon M. Reed, Linsey A. Belisle
Background: Service-learning is a high-impact teaching technique that aligns with feminist pedagogy to engage students in influencing social change. Nonetheless, barriers exist to implementing dire...
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Habits of Connection: From Sustainability and Saviorship to Reciprocity and Relationship Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Maggie Wise, Bruce Martin, Andrew Szolosi, Tamarine Foreman
Background: 45–60% of global climate emissions come from individual consumerism choices. In Western culture, nature is seen as a resource, a series of challenges to conquer, limited to facts and fi...
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How Critical is Service-Learning Implementation? Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Lynne-Marie Shea, Debra Harkins, Sukanya Ray, Lauren I. Grenier
Background: Service-learning is a pedagogical approach to teaching designed to create space for students to reflect critically on community service within an academic course of study with the aim o...
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Collaborating within a Lockdown: Students’ Online Collaboration to Develop a College Readiness Workshop during the COVID-19 in-person restrictions Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-07-25 Katherine C. Aquino
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created significant disruption within the educational setting, including the rapid shift to a fully online learning environment. Purpose: The purpose of this study...
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Effects of an Eight-Week Wilderness Adventure Program on Body Composition and Mental Health of Adolescents Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-07-25 Matthew A. Widmer, James D. LeCheminant, Mark A. Widmer, William Christensen
Background: Little is known about the effects of outdoor behavioral healthcare on participants’ body composition or about the relationship between body changes and indicators of mental health. Purp...
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Thru-hiking and Thriving: Exploring College Student Experiences on the Appalachian Trail Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Kathy Chau Rohn, Patrick Filipe Conway
Background: Research shows that participation in outdoor adventure education (OAE) programs can confer individual educational, psychological, and social benefits that relate to college student thri...
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Puzzle Pieces but Not the Big Picture—How Students from a Green School Perceive the Environmental Crisis from Teachers’ Point of View Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Adiv Gal
Background: A Green school (GS) is one way to attempt to reduce the environmental crisis. Teaching in green schools, which is established on a place-based education (PBE) approach that adopts outdo...
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The Experiences of Students with Disabilities Actually Doing Service Learning: A Systematic Review Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Justin D. Garwood, Corey Peltier, Stephen Ciullo, Daniel Wissinger, John W. McKenna, Michael F. Giangreco, Colby Kervick
Background: There are many examples of school-based interventions involving a service learning project aimed at helping students with disabilities, but it is potentially more impactful on the stude...
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College Students’ Moral and Prosocial Responsibility: Associations with Community Engagement Experiences Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Tara D. Hudson, Jay Brandenberger
Background: Social responsibility and democratic citizenship are essential outcomes of a college education. Yet limited research has examined how college experiences may relate to students’ moral a...
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The Perceived Long-Term Influence of Youth Wilderness Expeditions in Participants’ Lives Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-05-02 María-José Ramírez, Pete Allison
Background: Youth expeditions are regarded as beneficial and even “life-changing” experiences for young people, however the evidence on their perceived long-term impact is limited. Purpose: The purpose of this research was to examine the perceived long-term influence of expeditions in participants’ lives 29 and more years after going on a 3–6 week land-based self-sufficient wilderness expedition.
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Effect of Initial Design Experience on Students’ Development of Scientific Understanding Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Luecha Ladachart, Visit Radchanet, Wilawan Phothong
Background: In countries that endorse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education as an educational movement, design-based learning is deemed a pedagogical approach. Purpose:...
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Virtual and In-Person Community-Engaged Learning: Is Student Learning Virtually the Same? Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Castel Sweet, Molly Malany Sayre, Kelly Bohrer
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted instructors of many community-engaged learning (CEL) courses to utilize virtual CEL as a replacement for in-person CEL. Few assessments indicate whether in-person CEL student learning outcomes (SLOs) can be achieved through virtual CEL. Purpose: This study assesses whether an in-person CEL cohort and a virtual CEL cohort achieved the SLOs for a CEL course
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Service-Learning in Undergraduate General Chemistry: A Review Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Emily Faulconer, C. J. Y. Kam
Background: Service-learning is gaining recognition as a valuable pedagogy for students to gain both academic and psychosocial benefits. This high-impact practice allows students to achieve course learning objectives while contributing to their community's needs. A review from 2007 revealed a lack of research focused on the topic in the prior decade, despite the interest that was shown by the American
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Transnational Solidarity Histories in International Service Learning: A Nicaraguan Case Study Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Katie MacDonald
Background: Critical literature examining international service learning does not examine the historical formations or expectations and experiences of hosts in depth. Most studies focus on either a critical examination of colonial or imperial history or a wide analysis of host perceptions without the same critical attention to history. Purpose: The research reported in this article focuses on the experiences
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Letter From the Editor Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Jayson Seaman
Welcome to JEE issue 45(1). This issue includes a number of diverse articles exploring key topics concerning experiential education in a range of disciplinary contexts.
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Faculty Motivation in Service-Learning Based on Expectancy x Value Theory Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-03-15 Alexa Darby, Lauren Willingham
Background: Research has established that service-learning is a high-impact practice with significant consequences for student learning. Research in this area can provide greater understanding and recognition of the value faculty bring to the service-learning experience. Purpose: Examining faculty members’ memorable experiences in service-learning pedagogy through the Expectancy x Value theory of motivation
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Book Review: Health and Natural Landscapes: Concepts and Applications by Alan W. Ewert and Denise S. Mitten Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-03-02 Caitlin Kelley,Diane E. Mack
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Games and Assessment: Measuring How Course Content Impacts Race-Talk Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Alicia L. Brunson, Donovan Edward
Background:Race-talk reduces racial prejudice, presents correct information regarding race, improves racial literacy, and encourages positive race relations. Purpose: This research demonstrates how experiential learning in the form of a game measures Race and Ethnicity course curriculum effectiveness. Methodology/Approach: We used a live version of the game Guess Who (Hasbro) at the beginning and end
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Historical and Legal Considerations in Development of a For-Credit Internship Program Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Nichole Zumbach Harken, Shelley Price-Williams
Background: This research outlines important factors in the development of a for-credit internship program by providing a historical context of internship work dating back to the original case of Walling v. Portland Terminal (1947), which outlined acceptable non-paid work of trainees, to more current applications of these labor laws in Wang v. Hearst (2016) and Glatt v. Foxlight Pictures (2016) then
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Ensuring the Effectiveness of EService-Learning in Holistic Education Under Social Distancing Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-02-22 Chong Xiao, Kelvin Wan, Wing-Fung Chad Chan
Background: The worldwide pandemic has shifted eService-Learning from a pedagogical innovation into a must, challenging the applicability of frameworks and principles previously developed. Purpose: The authors aim to verify whether extreme eService-Learning can be assessed within Ma and Lo's holistic outcome framework and how to ensure its effectiveness in cultivating students roundly. Methodology/Approach:
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Maximizing experiential co-curricular programs through Stakeholders’ Theory: An explanatory mixed methods study Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-01-07 Farah Otaki, Nerissa Naidoo, Saba Al Heialy, Anne-Marie John-Baptiste, Dave Davis, Abiola Senok
Background: Some medical schools offer co-curricular experiential education programs. Despite the established value of such experiences, there are no published studies that reflect upon the systematic integration of perceptions of primary stakeholders, whose engagement is necessary for program continuity. Purpose: To showcase how stakeholders’ theory can be deployed to holistically evaluate the quality
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Critical Consciousness in High School Outdoor Experiential Environmental Education Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2022-01-05 Spirit D. Brooks, Steven M. Braun, Dan Prince
Background: Research highlights how high school near-peer mentors (HSNPMs) in outdoor school settings enhance younger students’ programing experiences. Through this engagement, HSNPMs’ critical consciousness (CC) of equity in outdoor and experiential education (OEEE) expands. Purpose: This article explores how HSNPMs develop CC of environmental and social justice in OEEE. Methodology/Approach: We used
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Mental Health Outcomes of Peer-led Therapeutic Adventure for Military Veterans Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2021-12-13 Joanna Ellen Bettmann, Ileana Anderson, Joe Makouske, Adam Hanley
Background: Skepticism of therapy and stigma are significant barriers for veterans with mental health issues. Therapeutic adventure shows promise in addressing veterans’ mental health needs while circumventing the stigma many veterans face in initiating treatment. Purpose: Given the small group model of therapeutic adventure programs, such programs may be ideal to provide social support for veterans
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Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Education and COVID-19: What Have We Learned? Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2021-11-17 Aaron M. Leonard, Alan W. Ewert, Kodiak Lieberman-Raridon, Denise Mitten, Erik Rabinowitz, S. Anthony Deringer, Forrest Schwartz, Steve Smith, Christine L. Norton, John Regentin, Sherry Bagley, Ileana Anderson
Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) now known as COVID-19 changed the world and the outdoor adventure and experiential education (OAEE) fields were not immune. These changes significantly impacted various OAEE programs in multiple ways and at different levels of intensity. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic