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Articles (36)

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Development of a Comprehensive New 4-H Extension Agents Training Program ...

Journal of Extension (2007)

Barry A Garst, Joseph R Hunnings, Kathleen Jamison, Jewel Hairston, et al.

Following significant budget reductions in 2002, Virginia Cooperative Extension explored strategies to meet the professional development needs of new 4-H ...

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Is there common ground? An exploratory study of the interests ...

Publications (2007)

Pam Garza, Stephanie Altman, Eugene C Roehlkepartain, Barry A Garst, et al.

In the spring of 2007, ACA religiously-affiliated (RA) (n=89) and secular camps (n=214) from across the country participated in a ...

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Exploring the Adolescent Life Skill Outcomes of State 4-H Congress ...

Journal of Extension (2006)

Barry A Garst, Joseph R Hunnings, Kathleen Jamison, Jewel Hairston, et al.

Research suggests residential 4-H programs enhance life skills. The study reported here explored the life skill outcomes of a 4-day ...

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Beginning with the End: Day Camp Training by Design

Camping Magazine (2005)

Barry A Garst and Linda Pulliam

Based on the needs assessment conducted by ACA in the fall of 2003, several critical needs were expressed by day ...

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Adolescent Leadership Skill Development Through Residential 4-H Camp Counseling

Journal of Extension (2005)

Barry A Garst and Jeremy Johnson

Camping is a 4-H delivery mode and context for positive youth development. Research suggests that 4-H camping may enhance the ...

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An Exploration of Developed Forest Camping Experiences and Meanings in ...

Publications (2005)

Barry A Garst

Developed forest camping has received little attention in the recreation research since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Changes in ...

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Camp: A Perfect Place to Address Bullying

Camping Magazine (2004)

Jewel Hairston and Barry A Garst

Bullying is now being understood as a group phenomenon, as opposed to an event or exchange that happens between two ...

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Identifying 4-H Camping Outcomes Using a Standardized Evaluation Process Across ...

Journal of Extension (2003)

Barry A Garst and F A Bruce

While camp participation has been found to positively affect youth, statewide 4-H camp evaluation is often difficult because camps are ...

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Undergraduate student internships in natural resources at virginia 4-H educational ...

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues (2002)

Jeff Kirwan, Barry Fox and Barry A Garst

Virginia has six 4-H educational centers that provide residential camping experiences for over 22,000 youth per year, the second largest ...

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Injury and Illness Benchmarking and Prevention for Children and Staff ...

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Barry A Garst, Linda E. Erceg and Edward Walton

Background: Camp experiences contribute to a range of positive developmental youth outcomes, but camp experiences also pose a risk for ...

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Using Single-Case Participatory Action Research as a Methodology to Explore ...

PRISM: a Journal of Regional Engagement

Barry Garst, Nancy K Franz, Brian Peters, Chris Smith, et al.

Community educators have long known the value of direct experience in the learning process. Participatory action research extends this philosophy ...

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Efficacy of Online Training for Improving Camp Staff Competency

Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (2018)

Barry A. Garst, Ryan J. Gagnon and Alice M. Brawley Newlin

Preparing competent staff is a critical issue within the camp community. This quasi-experimental study examined the effectiveness of an online ...

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Parent Anxiety Causes and Consequences: Perspectives from Camp Program Providers

The Cyber Journal of Applied Leisure and Recreation Research (2016)

Barry A Garst, Ryan Gagnon and Troy Bennett

Although out-of-school time experiences such as camp contribute to youth development, youth in-volvement in these developmental experiences is largely dependent ...

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The Cooperative Extension Program Development Model: Adapting to a Changing ...

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension (2015)

Nancy K. Franz, Barry A. Garst and Ryan J. Gagnon

For over 100 years, Cooperative Extension in the United States has used a consistently articulated program development model including program ...

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Factors Impacting Program Delivery: The Importance of Implementation Research in ...

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension (2015)

Ryan J. Gagnon, Nancy K. Franz, Barry A. Garst and Matthew F. Bumpus

Cooperative Extension is in a unique position, given its relationship with research-based, Land-Grant Universities, to advance the scholarship of implementation ...

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Looking Ahead: Envisioning the Future of the Extension Program Development ...

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension (2015)

Ryan J. Gagnon, Barry A. Garst and Nancy K. Franz

This article synthesizes key points from this special issue of the Journal of Human Sciences and Extension and provides recommendations ...

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Competition Climbing as Serious Leisure

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium (2015)

Ryan J Gagnon, Garrett A. Stone and Barry A. Garst

Serious Leisure has received considerable attention in the leisure research for the past forty years. Building on recent efforts to ...

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Measuring Self-Reported Fidelity in Experiential Education: Exploring the Effectiveness of ...

National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium (2015)

Ryan J. Gagnon, Barry A. Garst and Garrett A. Stone

Social science researchers have called for evidenced based practices when implementing, delivering, and evaluating programs. One important component of these ...

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Benchmarking Professional Development Practices Across Youth-Serving Organizations: Implications for Extension

Journal of Extension (2014)

Barry A. Garst, Sarah Baughman and Nancy K. Franz

Examining traditional and contemporary professional development practices of youth-serving organizations can inform practices across Extension, particularly in light of the ...

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Injury and Illness Benchmarking and Prevention for Children and Staff ...

Journal of Applied Research on Children (2013)

Barry A Garst, Linda E Erceg and Edward Walton

The camp experience has been an important American tradition for 150 years. In 2012, more than 11 million youth and ...

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Using Single-Case Participatory Action Research as a Methodology to Explore ...

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement (2012)

Barry A Garst, Nancy K Franz, Brian Peters, Chris Smith, et al.

Community educators have long known the value of direct experience in the learning process. Participatory action research extends this philosophy ...

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Catalyzing Transformation: Conditions in Extension Educational Environments that Promote Change

Journal of Extension (2009)

Nancy Franz, Barry A Garst, Sarah Baughman, Chris Smith, et al.

Extension faculty and administrators have suggested Cooperative Extension's goal and niche is transformative education—to bring about deep change in individuals, ...

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Undergraduate Student Internships in Natural Resources at Virginia 4-H Educational ...

Conference on University Education in Natural Resources (2002)

Jeff Kirwan, Barry Fox and Barry Garst

Virginia has six 4-H educational centers that provide residential camping experiences for over 22,000 youth per year, the second largest ...

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