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A Culturally Relevant Symbol: Participant Engagement in a Volunteer Tourism Youth Education Program and Impacts on Program Youth

机译：与文化相关的符号：参与志愿者旅游青年教育计划及其对青年计划的影响

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Engagement as a concept and emerging theory has been explored, but key elements have not been clearly described, and as such, work has not been comprehensive in nature. Research was needed to explore the concept and theory of engagement in general, as well its application to the study of volunteer tourism. Additional research was also needed to incorporate youth perspectives of a volunteer tourism program, along with exploration of engagement impacts on program youth. The purpose of this case study was to explore participant engagement in a volunteer tourism youth education program and impacts on program youth as perceived by program participants (volunteer tourist teachers, adult residents, and program youth). Confined within the Engagement Theoretical Framework, data were retrieved from nonprofit documents and websites, researcher observations, individual interviews, and focus groups (two focus groups used participant generated photo elicitation method).;Findings suggest participant engagement in a volunteer tourism program is related to the themes of connection, communication, and hope. The primary reason participant engagement in this program is due to the Mpingo (tree), the symbolic bridge between community members and volunteer tourist teachers. This culturally relevant symbol has linkages to the study of signs (or symbols) called semiotics. Through volunteers traveling to this area to teach, this culturally relevant symbol helps to connect, aids in the communication between, and gives hope to, participants. Significant contributions of this study to literature include: volunteer tourist and community member engagement plays an important role in the planning, and the sustaining, of volunteer tourism community development programs today; program youth perspectives about program impacts may result in prospective youth leadership and future adult civic engagement; program skill matched volunteers are likely to be repeat volunteers which leads to group cohesion and program sustainability; and the major theme of hope appears to be a significant motive for program participation in a community development project. In terms of deep meaning ascribed to culturally relevant symbols, this unique finding contributes to engagement research by understanding there are multiple dimensions involved in a diverse group of participants engaged in a specific community program.
机译：人们已经探讨了参与作为一种概念和新兴理论，但是尚未明确描述关键要素，因此，工作本质上并不全面。需要进行研究以探讨一般参与的概念和理论，并将其应用于志愿旅游的研究。还需要进行其他研究，以纳入青年志愿旅游计划的观点，并探索对计划青年的参与影响。本案例研究的目的是探讨参与者参与自愿性旅游青年教育计划以及计划参与者（志愿者旅游老师，成人居民和计划青年）所感知的对计划青年的影响。限于参与理论框架，从非营利性文件和网站，研究人员观察，个人访谈和焦点小组（两个焦点小组使用参与者生成的照片启发方法）中检索数据。研究结果表明，参与者参与志愿者旅游计划与连接，交流和希望的主题。参加该计划的主要原因是Mpingo（树），这是社区成员和志愿者旅游老师之间的象征性桥梁。这种与文化相关的符号与称为符号学的符号（或符号）的研究具有联系。通过志愿者前往该地区教书，这个与文化相关的符号有助于连接，帮助参与者之间的交流并给参与者带来希望。这项研究对文学的重要贡献包括：志愿者游客和社区成员的参与在当今志愿者旅游社区发展计划的规划和维持中起着重要作用；计划青年对计划影响的观点可能会导致潜在的青年领导和未来的成人公民参与；与计划技能匹配的志愿者很可能会是重复的志愿者，从而导致团队凝聚力和计划的可持续性；希望的主题似乎是计划参与社区发展项目的重要动机。就与文化相关的符号所赋予的深层含义而言，这一独特的发现有助于理解参与特定社区计划的不同参与者群体涉及多个方面，从而有助于参与研究。

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    Olsen, Lana Margaret.;

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    Arizona State University.;

  • 授予单位 Arizona State University.;
  • 学科 Sustainability.;Recreation.;Social research.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2018
  • 页码 269 p.
  • 总页数 269
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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