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Adventure and Personal and Social Development

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After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Articulate the historical roots of programmes that use adventure to elicit personal and social development (PSD) within their participants

  • Understand the philosophical foundations of character education, and its relation to programmes with similar labels

  • Explain key conceptual features of programmes that use adventure as a tool for personal growth

  • Understand the distinction between adventure therapy and other forms of adventure-based PSD

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    For a comprehensive account of Hahn’s life and work, see Veevers and Allison (2011).

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    Simon Beames

  2. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK

    Chris Mackie

  3. California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA

    Matthew Atencio

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Beames, S., Mackie, C., Atencio, M. (2019). Adventure and Personal and Social Development. In: Adventure and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96062-3_9

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