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Perceived long-term influence of youth expeditions :grey_question: (…
Perceived long-term influence of youth expeditions :grey_question:
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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)
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UK based Charity
Youth development
Organizes expeditions to remote places with a scientific aim
Founded on 1932 by Murray Levick
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Previous Research
Daniel (2003)
Gassner (2006)
Takano (2010)
Asfeldt and Hvenegaard (2013)
Marshall (2016)
Sibthorp et al. (2008)
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Modern British Youth Expeditions
Lord Robert Baden-Powell
: Scouts
George Murray Levick
: British Exploring Society
Kurt Hahn
: Outward Bound
:red_flag: Gaps
Lack of Long-Term Studies
Excessive Focus on Outcomes over Processes
Lack of Robust Theoretical Models
Research questions :question:
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?
Data Collection
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Phase 2:
Semi structured interviews
17 face-to-face
1 by Zoom
30+ years of retrospection
19 past participants :silhouettes:
Phase 1:
Online survey sent to all BES members
:pencil2: Trustworthiness and Reliability
Prolonged time in the field
Triangulation
Thick descriptions
Members check-in
Peer Debriefing
Ethical Considerations
Approve IRB
Privacy of BES members
:eyeglasses: Data Analysis
Thematic Analysis
Inductive
Retrospective study
Significant Life Experience Literature
Interpretive/constructive paradigm
Limitations in autobiographical memory
Purpose :<3:
:star: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 :star:
Rhetoric OAE programs are “life-changing” experiences :zap:
Evidence is scarse :mag: