Building sense of community in youth vacation camps through staff training
A comparative case study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11410062 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Lyons (0000-0003-0456-4869, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Kevin D Lyons, Tamara Young (0000-0001-8132-4194, University of Newcastle Australia), Po-Yu Wang (0000-0003-3567-1675, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-79 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourism Recreation Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0250-8281 • E-ISSN: 2320-0308 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02508281.2016.1108606 |
| OpenAlex | W2334530953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
This study examines a sense of community developed by and among staff at two diverse youth vacation programmes. In-depth interviews and non-participant observations conducted with counselors and camp directors at each camp were the methods used by this study to collect data. Inclusion boundaries and episodic distinction are the two themes that emerged from the data. The findings reveal that both camps sought to establish a sense of community through the development and use of rituals and traditions established primarily over an intensive staff pre-camp training week that were integrally connected to the natural context in which the camps were located. However, the contemporary camp emphasized community and natural surrounds as a metaphor for life outside of camp, while the traditional camp tended to emphasize the natural context of community as a respite from life outside of camp
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Inclusion (mineral · Metaphor · Natural (archaeology · Participant observation · Political science · Public relations · Respite care · Social science · Sociology · Summer camp · Training (meteorology · Community Health and Development · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
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The Saturated Self
Towards a developmental theory of place attachment
Place attachment
Place Attachment
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The Effect of a Community Project on Sense of Community among Social Work Students
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Psychological sense of community in the workplace
Individual-level correlates of sense of community
The community today
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Neighborhood experiences, community connection, and positive beliefs about adolescents among urban adults and youth
Neighborhood and sense of community
Validating, Norming, and Utility of a Youth Outcomes Battery for Recreation Programs and Camps
Building Community and Social Capital through Children's Leisure in the Context of an International Camp
How societies remember
Defining place attachment
Beyond the commodity metaphor
Sense of community
Governing through nature
Summer Camp Experiences
The Empowering Schools Project
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |