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Download full textRubendall, Robert L. – 1988
Summer camp is a type of laboratory for community living. Society's needs have changed from providing a positive summer challenge for idle youth to experimenting with the demands and rewards of working in community groups. Decentralized camping emphasizes the team decision-making approach to teach self-reliance and awareness of democratic…
Descriptors: Camping, Community, Participative Decision Making, Resident Camp Programs
Lingle, Kendall I. – Camping Magazine, 1980
Camping or other outdoor experience is seen as an alternative to incarceration for youth-at-risk, matching the excitement of the street-gang society or peer group, while simultaneously giving youth-at-risk a sense of the reason for teamwork, adherence to a group-respected value system, regard for skills and abilities of others, plus a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Change, Camping, Comparative Analysis
