ABSTRACT

Research exploring race and ethnicity and outdoor adventure education (OAE) has tended to focus on students’ experiences. This paper discusses findings from a small-scale empirical study of Sierra Leonean parents involved in organising their child’s participation in a camping-based, OAE residential visit. The visit was organised by one primary school in London (UK). The community cultural wealth framework by Yosso is utilised to explore the parents’ contributions to the visit. The findings reveal the ways in which parents strove to meet the expectations placed on them and overcame challenges of facilitating the visit by drawing on aspirational, familial, navigational, resistant and social capital. Additionally, the role of spiritual capital is discussed. I conclude with recommendations for the ways in which the schools and providers of OAE could take account of ethnic minority parents’ perspectives and experiences.

摘要

探索种族和民族以及户外探险教育 (OAE) 的研究往往侧重于学生的体验。本文讨论了塞拉利昂父母参与组织孩子参加以露营为基础的 OAE 住宅访问的小规模实证研究的结果。这次访问是由伦敦（英国）的一所小学组织的。Yosso的社区文化财富框架被用来探索父母对访问的贡献。调查结果揭示了父母如何努力满足对他们的期望，并通过利用有抱负的、家庭的、导航的、抗拒的和社会资本来克服促进访问的挑战。此外，还讨论了精神资本的作用。