Being Alive to the Present: Perceiving Meaning on a Wilderness River Journey

Autor/in	Morse, Marcus
Titel	Being Alive to the Present: Perceiving Meaning on a Wilderness River Journey
Quelle	In: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 15 (2015) 2, S.168-180 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1472-9679
DOI	10.1080/14729679.2014.908401
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Outdoor Education; Environmental Education; Recreational Activities; Experiential Learning; Phenomenology; Reflection; Earth Science; Learning Experience; Adventure Education; Semi Structured Interviews; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Freiluftunterricht; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Freizeitgestaltung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Lernerfahrung; Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Australien
Abstract	In an earlier paper I identified two key forms of "meaningful experience" for participants on a wilderness river rafting journey, namely a feeling of humility and being alive to the present. However, space considerations led me to describe only the first of these forms in any detail. In this paper I identify and describe the qualities of the second key form of meaningful experience via a phenomenological approach that moves between individual and collective experience. This approach reveals a structure of experience that provides a framework for reinterrogating original participant descriptions. The findings of this study highlight the importance of the way in which participants were able to pay attention to the surrounding environment--substantiating the importance of pre-reflective and embodied components of experience. In this paper I argue for a broad understanding of experience that includes and celebrates the pre-reflective realm of experience in river environments. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01