positive youth development and high-yield, nature-based, outdoor experiences:
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Positive Youth Development and High-Yield, Nature-Based, Outdoor Experiences: Family Perceptions and Family Inclusive Opportunities Katie M. Shaw Youth Development Leadership Graduate Program, College of Health, Education and Human Development, at Clemson University. INTRODUCTION. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• HYNBOE afford youth participants traits commonly ascribed to healthy, thriving, and engaged youth:
•An area in need of attention in the field of outdoor experiential opportunities: integration of families and communities in outdoor program design and implementation•Youth are taking activities, previously identified as indoor activities, outdoors and are interacting less with nature than previous generations•Constraints Theory:
•Intrapersonal•Interpersonal•Structural
•Reported constraints to family participation in HYNBOE are time and safety concerns•An exhaustive review of literature provided little insight of efforts to investigate parental perceptions of the benefits attained from participation in HYNBOE
HYNBOE
Cognitive & Behavior
CompetencyKeen
Awareness & Sensory Skills
Learning Performance
Motivation
InitiativeContributing
to Self, Family,
Community, & Society
Empathy
Strong Sense of Identity
Strong Relationships with Adults &
Peers
Moral Character •Youth are partaking in fewer nature-based experiences and
efforts to promote participation in HYNBOE lack family inclusiveness
•Many outdoor or high-yield adventure programs focus on removing a youth from their proximal environment to promote PYD may deter the realization of optimal development and acquisition of internal motivation
Constraints to Family
Participation in HYNBOE
Reliance on Engineered
Entertainment
Less Engagement in Natural World
Positive Youth Development and High-Yield, Nature-Based, Outdoor Experiences: Family Perceptions and Family Inclusive Opportunities
Katie M. ShawYouth Development Leadership Graduate Program, College of Health, Education and Human Development, at Clemson University
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE
METHODOLOGY
PROBLEM
SUBJECTS
IMPLICATIONS
•Participation in high-yield, nature-based, outdoor experiences (HYNBOE) promote positive youth development (PYD)•Families are a prevailing source of information youth rely on for guidance and direction•It is essential to consider and address the entirety of the youth and family environment, to promote viable solutions and practices•Transferable family inclusive efforts within the field of outdoor experiential programming have the potential to improve participation in HYNBOE
•The purpose of this study:•Qualitative evaluation of families of youth ages 10-15 to investigate parental or primary adult caregiver perceptions of the benefits and constraints to participation in HYNBOE•Qualitative evaluation of three outdoor organizations and efforts to include families in HYNBOE
•Resulting data will help ascertain: •Thematic overlap in parental perceptions•Prevalence of family inclusive programs in the region which may provide insight of programming needs and transferable efforts
•Qualitative Investigation: Grounded Theory Approach •Random Sampling of Populations•Parents: Semi-Structured Parent Interviews•Outdoor Organizations: Document Review•Inductive Data Analysis•Coding Thematic Organization•Member Checking
1) What are parents' perceived benefits of participation in HYNBOE?
2)What are parents' perceived barriers or constraints to participation in HYNBOE?
3) Do barriers or constraints to partaking in HYNBOE preclude the benefits gained from participation?
4) Do outdoor organizations aim to make the benefits of participation as identified by parents attainable through family inclusive HYNBOE?
5) Do outdoor organizations aim to overcome barriers or constraints as identified by parents , to make participation in family inclusive HYNBOE possible?
•Findings may promote PYD in the context of the family and natural environments by familiarizing audiences with better descriptors of:
•Parental perceived benefits and constraints to participation in HYNBOE•Family-inclusive programming needs, opportunities, and transferable practices in the regional community that address parental perceptions
LITERATURE REVIEW
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
•Parents of youth ages 10-15 attending a public middle school in a metropolitan area in upstate South Carolina•Outdoor organizations that offer HYNBOE for youth in the surrounding community