The participatory experience of adolescents in adventure education activities

• Main Authors: Tseng Ling-Chin, 曾令芩
• Other Authors: Hong Wei-Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52695032894320387990

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 觀光事業研究所 === 97 === In recent years, adventure education has been rapidly developed in Taiwan, and it is believed to lead the participants to many positive outcomes. The relevant literature indicates that the process of reflection and the role of facilitators will significantly influence the program outcome. The study is intended to understand the outcomes of adventure education programs for adolescences, the reflection process, and the role of facilitators. The research methods of observation and focus groups were adopted for data collection. The fieldwork was conducted in January and February 2007, and students of junior high school who participated in three-day camps during the period were selected as the study sample. Two different groups of students participated in the study, and two focus groups from each school were held. The results show that the adolescent participants learnt a lot of cooperation, trust, communication, courage, and compassion. They also thought that they could apply what they had learnt as mentioned above in everyday life. In teams of reflection, many respondents expressed in the focus groups that the reflection process led them to deepen impressions, understanding the meaning and gain different experience from the games. The study found that the process of reflection led the participants to connect their program experience with their daily life. In teams of facilitator, the participants perceived their program facilitator as being tolerant, positive minded, and the faciltitator’s role is no more than guiding them to think and reminding them safety during the program. The study also finds that the way of reflection in the program surveyed was all the same. The research suggests that the facilitator should use a variety of ways to lead the participant to reflect which will probably contribute more positive outcomes.