Cultural Interchange in Adventure Education: Exploring the Interaction of Participants and Institutional Cultures

Autor/in	Ingman, Benjamin C.
Titel	Cultural Interchange in Adventure Education: Exploring the Interaction of Participants and Institutional Cultures
Quelle	In: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 21 (2021) 1, S.17-34 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ingman, Benjamin C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1472-9679
DOI	10.1080/14729679.2019.1697714
Schlagwörter	Adventure Education; Goal Orientation; Criticism; Program Descriptions; Recreational Activities; Cultural Awareness; Organizational Culture; Program Evaluation; Guidelines; Language Usage; Values; Adjustment (to Environment); Educational Experience; Cultural Differences; Spanish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Preadolescents; Student Attitudes; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Kritik; Freizeitgestaltung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Unternehmenskultur; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Richtlinien; Sprachgebrauch; Wertbegriff; Bildungserfahrung; Kultureller Unterschied; Spanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	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 programme (21 participants). Through 183 hours of observation and 74 interviews, the thematic categories of cultural rigidity and cultural flexibility were identified. The AE institution exhibits cultural rigidity through guideline enforcement, jargon propagation, and value instillment, which results in participant adaptation. Conversely, the AE institution exhibits cultural flexibility through language accommodation, norm development, and goal setting, which results in participants' ability to sustain selfhood. The implications of these findings include reaffirming the importance of attending to participant experiences in AE and the contention that striking a cultural balance in AE can promote productive cultural interchange as an aim of AE. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01