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Copyright Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities Apr 2014

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the family camping phenomenon and its educative potential in education between generations. The study focused on the tradition of family camping in the Czech countryside and it shows the club Veteran Green as a typical Czech example of this leisure activity. This study used a sequential combine design of empirical research based on an autoethnographic examination and survey of both adult (n = 14) and children (n = 14) participants (together from 9 families) of a family camp in the Czech Republic. The paper indicated four dimensions of the leisure experience: the phenomena of family, community, nature and spirituality.

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Title
Family camping: a case study of the potential for personal development/Rodinné táborení: prípadová studie potenciálu osobnostního rozvoje
Author
Jirásek, Ivo; Roberson, Donald N, Jr; Jirásková, Miroslava
Pages
51-63
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Apr 2014
Publisher
Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities
e-ISSN
18058825
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Slovak
ProQuest document ID
1562783030
Copyright
Copyright Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities Apr 2014