Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2018
Capstone Advisor
Michael Norris
Honors Reader
Barbara Applebaum
Capstone College
Education
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Professional
Subject Categories
Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Outdoor Education
Abstract
This study is framed in the following question: Exploring the characteristics of summer camp that create leaders at camp and in their home communities. Findings will show that campers have learned confidence, how to support peers, were able to safely take risks, and become independent in residential summer camping environments. Findings will also show, campers and staff are now able to use those skills to help them in their lives outside of residential summer camping in many ways. In the course of eight interviews the researcher discovered how campers and staff members were able to find their niche or passion growing up and become leaders. All in all, camp has created leaders in their home communities in many ways, but it sometimes takes the right people or situations to bring out those leadership traits or actions to the forefront. This study provided data supporting the following themes where individuals stated, generting family bonds, uniform (sameness because of camp uniform), technology free (no distrations), and the carefree environment produce the leadership qualities which likely keep them returning to their residential summer camp at Camp Blue Ridge and Camp Equinunks every year.
Recommended Citation
Margolis, Bari, "What Are the Characteristics of a Residential Summer Camp Setting That Allows For Campers to Develop As Leaders in Their Communities?" (2018). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 1259.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1259
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