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Curt Davidson; Alan Ewert – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many facets of outdoor adventure and experiential education (OAEE) programs. Using past literature, four variables represent important student outcome variables associated with OAEE programs. Purpose: This study examined the effects of participation in an OAEE program on levels of anxiety, depression,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Experiential Learning
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Sermboonsang, Renus; Tansuhaj, Patriya Silpakit; Silpakit, Chatchawan; Chaisuwan, Chirawan – Journal of Education for Business, 2020
The authors focus on applying mindfulness-related concepts to business education by relying on transformational learning techniques for reducing impulse buying in a six-week Smart Consumer university class. A transformational learning program was designed including activities in the classroom as well as outside activities. They incorporated…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Transformative Learning, Consumer Economics, Self Control
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Whitehall, Anna Petra; Hill, Laura G.; Yost, Denise M.; Kidwell, Kimberlee K. – Journal of General Education, 2016
Life skills, including conflict management, flexibility in response to change, and effective communication, are critical to success in college and career. Most university administrators and employers believe that students should learn foundational life skills in college, but for the most part universities do not explicitly teach these skills as…
Descriptors: General Education, Skill Development, Undergraduate Study, Leadership Qualities
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Richardson, Janet; Ainsworth, Roberta; Allison, Rhoda; Billyard, Jo; Corley, Reine; Viner, Jane – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Advanced clinical practice roles are now an integral feature of many healthcare services and have been adopted in a diversity of areas. However, mentoring of these roles is not well documented in the literature and formal mechanisms of support are limited. An action learning set (ALS) was developed to provide support for consultants currently in…
Descriptors: Nurses, Experiential Learning, Questionnaires, Coping
Rooth, Edna – 2000
The Lifeskills Project in South Africa provides services to communities in lifeskills facilitation training. Empowerment and capacity building in course and workshop participants is an underlying theme, with emphasis on self-concept enhancement for community enhancement. Aims of the Lifeskills Project include: (1) training facilitators in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Community Development