TY - JOUR
T1 - How experiences transform over time
T2 - A retrospective study on place-based education in Micronesia and the Philippines
AU - Takano, Takako
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is part of the outcome of research performed under a Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects [Project number: 2017S-017]. I am very grateful to Morten Asfeldt, who provided me with helpful feedback in the process of writing this paper. I would also like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English-language editing.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study asked the participants of place-based educational programs in Micronesia and the Philippines between 1992 and 2017 how past learning experiences impact them now and how the learning changed over time. The responses of 128 program participants, mostly Japanese, were examined using a mixed-methods approach with an emphasis on qualitative data analysis. Ninety-four percent of the respondents stated that what they learned in these programs is linked to their current lifestyles, ways of thinking, and jobs. The categories of perceived learning were the same regardless of the age during the program and the time that had passed after the program. Most reported that the influence continued in various forms and transformed as an extension of the initial effect. The study demonstrates that learning develops through interaction with new learning in different contexts after the program through a meaning-making process, using the initial impactful experience as a reference.
AB - This study asked the participants of place-based educational programs in Micronesia and the Philippines between 1992 and 2017 how past learning experiences impact them now and how the learning changed over time. The responses of 128 program participants, mostly Japanese, were examined using a mixed-methods approach with an emphasis on qualitative data analysis. Ninety-four percent of the respondents stated that what they learned in these programs is linked to their current lifestyles, ways of thinking, and jobs. The categories of perceived learning were the same regardless of the age during the program and the time that had passed after the program. Most reported that the influence continued in various forms and transformed as an extension of the initial effect. The study demonstrates that learning develops through interaction with new learning in different contexts after the program through a meaning-making process, using the initial impactful experience as a reference.
KW - Retrospective studies
KW - learning transformation
KW - place-based education
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U2 - 10.1080/14729679.2020.1854098
DO - 10.1080/14729679.2020.1854098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096838625
VL - 22
SP - 12
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
JF - Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
SN - 1472-9679
IS - 1
ER -