This paper presents a new integrated model for documentation and evaluation tested in 2021 on Back Into the Wild project, an Adventure Education project by Equilibero Association (Padova-Treviso, Italy). The project proposes educational walks to groups of at-risk adolescents to promote their psychophysical and relational well-being. Due to the paucity of evaluation methods focused on grasping the process dimension of nature-based projects, the research team (CEFEO Research Centre, University of Bologna) chose to construct a new model of documentation and evaluation through a participatory bottom-up process involving practitioners. In addition to outlining the main characteristics of Adventure Education in socio-educational projects in Italy and the peculiarities of BIW project, this paper describes the co-constructed integrated documentation and evaluation model in detail. The first application highlighted the usefulness of the multi-perspective view provided by this tool, allowing for a reflection on how the adventurous project impacted on participants’ psychophysical and relational well-being.
Gigli, A., Melotti, G., Borelli, C. (2024). Adolescents on the move : the application of an integrated model for documentation and evaluation of “Back Into The Wild” adventure education project aimed at promoting psychophysical and relational well-being. JOURNAL OF ADVENTURE EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR LEARNING, 2/2024, 1-19 [10.1080/14729679.2024.2366918].
Adolescents on the move : the application of an integrated model for documentation and evaluation of “Back Into The Wild” adventure education project aimed at promoting psychophysical and relational well-being
Alessandra Gigli
;G. Melotti
;C. Borelli
2024
Abstract
This paper presents a new integrated model for documentation and evaluation tested in 2021 on Back Into the Wild project, an Adventure Education project by Equilibero Association (Padova-Treviso, Italy). The project proposes educational walks to groups of at-risk adolescents to promote their psychophysical and relational well-being. Due to the paucity of evaluation methods focused on grasping the process dimension of nature-based projects, the research team (CEFEO Research Centre, University of Bologna) chose to construct a new model of documentation and evaluation through a participatory bottom-up process involving practitioners. In addition to outlining the main characteristics of Adventure Education in socio-educational projects in Italy and the peculiarities of BIW project, this paper describes the co-constructed integrated documentation and evaluation model in detail. The first application highlighted the usefulness of the multi-perspective view provided by this tool, allowing for a reflection on how the adventurous project impacted on participants’ psychophysical and relational well-being.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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