Education on the Appalachian Trail: What 2,000 Miles Can Teach Us about Learning

Autor/in	Arnold, Karen D.
Titel	Education on the Appalachian Trail: What 2,000 Miles Can Teach Us about Learning
Quelle	In: About Campus, 12 (2007) 5, S.2-9 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1002/abc.224
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Academic Persistence; Gender Differences; Males; Competence; Young Adults; Underachievement; Comparative Analysis; Success; Recreational Activities; Recreational Facilities; Motivation; Financial Needs; Identification; Self Concept; Peer Relationship; Social Influences; Friendship; Kinesthetic Perception; Goal Orientation; Conceptual Tempo + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Kompetenz; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Erfolg; Freizeitgestaltung; Freizeiteinrichtung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Identifikation; Identifizierung; Selbstkonzept; Peer-Beziehungen; Sozialer Einfluss; Freundschaft; Kinaesthetic perception; Ästhetische Wahrnehmung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	Trends dating from the 1970s show that males are significantly less likely than females to attend college and to remain in higher education once enrolled. Although this gender imbalance is undisputed, there is little agreement about the causes of the disparity and even less solid research to guide policy. Educators nowadays still wonder why young men underachieve educationally in comparison with women. In this article, the author suggests how it is better to question why college-age men succeed at difficult achievement tasks. One difficult task that the author finds more men are apt to succeed in is hiking the Appalachian Trail. Here, the author examines the features of this experience and explores the factors that motivate men to succeed in this challenge. The author believes that learning the factors that motivate college-age men to undertake hiking in the Appalachian Trail and the conditions that lead to their success hold strong implications for the design of higher education settings that will attract and retain greater numbers of male students than current settings. (Contains 19 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10