Experiential education and adolescents' personal and spiritual development : a mixed-method study in the secondary school context of Hong Kong / Chung Kwan Ackie Cheung ; foreword by Alan Ewert and Annette Scheunpflug
Introduction -- Literature review and clarification of research question -- Methodology and methods of data collection -- Findings: Case record in layers -- Discussion and conclusion
Summary
Adventure-based programs have become prevailing in the schools in Hong Kong. Due to the little empirical examination to the frequent use of experiential education, Chung Kwan Ackie Cheung uses mixed methods to establish its first phenomenal picture, addressing the scale of the use of experiential education and the impact of it on adolescents' development with regard to the globalizing phenomenon of Hong Kong. The findings show that experiential education, esp. adventure-based program, has been widely-spread and there is positive impact in the specified aspects self-concept, self-efficacy, learning climate and spiritual dimension of its adolescent learners
