LEADER 05778nam 22007455 450 001 9910438350803321 005 20240924001701.0 010 $a9781283908610 010 $a1283908611 010 $a9783531191201 010 $a3531191209 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-531-19120-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000314563 035 $a(EBL)1030234 035 $a(OCoLC)824487107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810912 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11439159 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810912 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10846539 035 $a(PQKB)11618967 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-531-19120-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1030234 035 $a(PPN)168307634 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000314563 100 $a20121204d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExperiential Education and Adolescents? Personal and Spiritual Development $eA Mixed-Method Study in the Secondary School Context of Hong Kong /$fby Chung Kwan Ackie Cheung 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aWiesbaden :$cSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden :$cImprint: Springer VS,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9783531185750 311 08$a3531185756 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTo Hon Fai Solomon; Table of contents; Foreword by Prof. Dr. Alan Ewert; Foreword by Prof. Dr. Annette Scheunpflug; Preface; List of Tables and Figures; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Import of experiential education; 1.1.1 Experiential education in Hong Kong; 1.1.2 Promotion of the use of experiential education/adventure-based practice; 1.2 Personal development as human function of coping and living; 1.3 Experiential education and personal development; 1.4 Purpose and design of the study 327 $a1.4.1 Key concerns of investigation: Self-concept, self-efficacy, learning climate and spiritual dimension1.4.2 Research question and purpose of the study; 1.4.3 Design of the study; Summary; 2 Literature review and clarification of research question; 2.1 Experiential education: Explication of the concept; 2.2 Experiential education and adventure-based practice: Conceptual framework; 2.2.1 Learner-centered orientation; 2.2.2 Construction of learning environment/condition; 2.3 Review on the effects of adventure-based practice; 2.3.1 Benefits of adventure-based practice 327 $a2.3.2 Empirical results from related literatures2.3.3 Research focus of adventure-based programs in this study; 2.4 Clarification of research question; 2.4.1 Peripheral layer; 2.4.2 Central layer; 2.4.3 Contextual layer; 2.4.4 Restating the purpose of this study in brief; Summary; 3 Methodology and methods of data collection; 3.1 Case study design; 3.1.1 Methodological decision; 3.1.2 Limitation of using case study; 3.1.3 Researcher's role; 3.2 Data collection methods; 3.2.1 Internet website analysis; 3.2.2 Institute profile; 3.2.3 Interview to teachers and practitioners 327 $a3.2.4 Episodic interview to adolescent participants3.2.5 Observation; 3.2.6 Quantitative survey; Summary; 4 Findings: Case record in layers; 4.1 Peripheral layer: Circumstantial information of the adventure-based programs; 4.1.1 Expectation of adventure-based programs; 4.2 Central layer: Learning process and product of adventure-based programs; 4.2.1 Learning product in questionnaire; 4.2.2 Learning process in episodic interview; 4.2.3 Learning process in observation; 4.3 Contextual layer: Hong Kong school context; 4.3.1 The historical development of experiential education in Hong Kong 327 $a4.3.2 Understanding of the terms "experiential education" and "spirituality"4.3.3 The reception of experiential/adventure-based elements in Hong Kong secondary schools; Summary; 5 Discussion and conclusion; 5.1 Interpretation on findings of central layer: Learning in adventure-based programs; 5.1.1 Perceived self-concept and perceived self-eflicacy; 5.1.2 Participants' perceived learning climate; 5.1.3 Participants' perceived spiritual dimension; 5.1.4 (In)Complete adventure-based program learning process as a whole 327 $a5.2 Interpretation of findings of contextual layer: Adventure-based practicein in the secondary school context of Hong Kong 330 $aAdventure-based programs have become prevailing in the schools in Hong Kong. Due to the little empirical examination to the frequent use of experiential education, Chung Kwan Ackie Cheung uses mixed methods to establish its first phenomenal picture, addressing the scale of the use of experiential education and the impact of it on adolescents? development with regard to the globalizing phenomenon of Hong Kong. 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