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Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Abstract

This quantitative study of a university outdoor education (OE) course as a significant life experience (SLE) builds upon previous qualitative research (Wigglesworth & Heintzman, 2013, in press). The study was retrospective in nature, and its theoretical framework emerged from SLE research in which participants are asked to recall experiences that have contributed to future decisions about environmental protection (Chawla, 1998). A life experience is significant if it changes a person in some way (i.e., perspective, behaviour, or belief); it constitutes a new or extraordinary experience; it provides something useful for the future; specific meaning is derived from or attributed to it; one considers it to have been caused by something other than mere chance; and/or its nature, magnitude, or timing are noteworthy (Daniel, 2003).

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