Development of Emotional Intelligence During an Adventure and Experiential-Based Learning Course

IF 1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Experiential Education Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI:10.1177/10538259231197201

Adam I. Silver, Rob Marshall, Dave Huston, Greg Gentry

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Abstract

The United States Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development developed the ‘Adventure and Experiential Based Learning’ (AEBL) course—a new experiential education summer course intended to develop interpersonal leadership skills in 1,100 sophomore cadets. Improving cadet emotional intelligence (EI) is of particular focus due to its value in leader effectiveness. Rather than rely upon the more common military pedagogy of lecture-based learning or a military handbook that prescribes exactly what participant success looks like, the aim of the course examined in this study was to improve participant EI via a combination of experiential education methods including interactive classwork, challenge course experimentation, and a capstone 28-h adventure comprised of uncertainty and stressful team dynamics. To measure the effect the experiential education curriculum had on participant EI, the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP) was used in a pre/postsurvey method. The results indicated a significant increase in EI among AEBL participants as measured by the WEIP. Outdoor experiences like the one described in this article may be an effective way to train EI skills.

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在冒险和体验式学习课程中情商的发展

美国空军学院性格与领导力发展中心开发了“冒险与体验式学习”(AEBL)课程，这是一门新的体验式教育暑期课程，旨在培养1100名大二学员的人际领导技能。提高学员的情绪智力(EI)是特别关注，因为它在领导效能的价值。与其依赖于更常见的以讲座为基础的军事教学法或确切规定参与者成功的军事手册，本研究中研究的课程的目的是通过结合体验式教育方法来提高参与者的情商，包括互动课堂作业，挑战课程实验，以及由不确定性和紧张的团队动态组成的顶点28小时冒险。为了测量体验式教育课程对被试情绪智力的影响，本研究采用调查前/调查后方法，采用工作组情绪智力量表(WEIP)。结果表明，通过WEIP测量，AEBL参与者的EI显著增加。像这篇文章中描述的户外体验可能是训练情商的有效方法。

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Journal of Experiential Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Experiential Education (JEE) is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing refereed articles on experiential education in diverse contexts. The JEE provides a forum for the empirical and theoretical study of issues concerning experiential learning, program management and policies, educational, developmental, and health outcomes, teaching and facilitation, and research methodology. The JEE is a publication of the Association for Experiential Education. The Journal welcomes submissions from established and emerging scholars writing about experiential education in the context of outdoor adventure programming, service learning, environmental education, classroom instruction, mental and behavioral health, organizational settings, the creative arts, international travel, community programs, or others.