Perceived long-term influence of youth expeditions ❔
💥 Problem Statement:
Perceived long-lasting influence on life of people who participated on a BES expedition 30 or more years ago
British Exploring Society (BES or BSES) 🗺
❓Previous Research
😃 Modern British Youth Expeditions
Lord Robert Baden-Powell: Scouts
George Murray Levick: British Exploring Society
Kurt Hahn: Outward Bound
Daniel (2003)
Gassner (2006)
Takano (2010)
Asfeldt and Hvenegaard (2013)
Marshall (2016)
Sibthorp et al. (2008)
🚩 Gaps
Lack of Long-Term Studies
Excessive Focus on Outcomes over Processes
Lack of Robust Theoretical Models
Research questions ❓
Do young explorers perceive an influence of the expedition on their lives 30+ years later?
What kind of influences do they report?
What elements of the expedition experience do participants report as influential in their lives?
UK based Charity
Youth development
Organizes expeditions to remote places with a scientific aim
Founded on 1932 by Murray Levick
Data Collection ✏
Phase 2:
Semi structured interviews
17 face-to-face
1 by Zoom
30+ years of retrospection
19 past participants 👥
✏ Trustworthiness and Reliability
Prolonged time in the field
Triangulation
Thick descriptions
Members check-in
Peer Debriefing
Ethical Considerations
Approve IRB
Privacy of BES members
👓 Data Analysis
Thematic Analysis
Retrospective study
Significant Life Experience Literature
Inductive
Purpose ❤
⭐To understand the perceived long-term influence on life and the elements that contributed to it, for people who participated in a British Exploring Society expedition for the first time 30 or more years ago ⭐
Phase 1:
Online survey sent to all BES members
Interpretive/constructive paradigm
Limitations in autobiographical memory
Rhetoric OAE programs are “life-changing” experiences ⚡
Evidence is scarse 🔍