A pathway to an integrative/holistic education

Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services (Cacys) – a model service learning programme

Bibliographic Data

ID12855372
AuthorsBin Ruan (0000-0002-3818-148X, corresponding author), Christopher R Edgınton (0000-0001-8554-9040), Ming-Kai Chin (0000-0002-4853-2116), Magdalena M C Mok (0000-0002-6503-8152)
Year2011
Volume53
Issue3
Pages186-205
Publication date2011-08-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Leisure & Recreation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1026-1133 • E-ISSN: 2333-4509
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/04419057.2011.606827
OpenAlexW2052709944
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

The purpose of this study was to investigate the growth trajectory of college and university students in core competencies between entering and exiting the Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services (CACYS) experience using Bok's (2006) framework for undergraduate education. Bok's competency framework included: communication, critical thinking, character development, citizenship, diversity, global understanding, widening of interest and career and vocational development. The sample comprised 82 college and university students serving for the first time as participants in CACYS. A repeated measures 3-phase design was used to collect data pre and post and after field service. Citizenship was the highest mean self-rating, and global understanding, communication and critical thinking were consistently the lowest across time. Results indicate that there was growth in all of participants’ core competencies from the baseline to end through the entire programme. The findings show that the core competencies can be taught and developed through experiential learning experiences. The study provides a model for linking undergraduate core competencies with parks, recreation, leisure and tourism curricula in an integrated and holistic fashion

Adventure · Citizenship · Core competency · Critical thinking · Curriculum · Diversity (politics · Experiential learning · Holistic education · Hospitality · Internship · Management · Medical education · Pedagogy · Personal development · Political science · Recreation · Service-learning · Sociology · Tourism · Vocational education · Higher Education and Employability · Hospitality and Tourism Education · Medicine · Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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