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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between at-risk youths’ participation in a semester-long adventure education apprenticeship on a challenge course and the apprentices’ perceived resilience against the risk factors that had led to their previous academic failures. The participants in this apprenticeship were 26 students from a class that used adventure education as the primary educational medium. One of the primary activities that the students participated in was an apprenticeship at a challenge course. The class was part of an urban continuation school in California that served students who had previously dropped out, been expelled or were referred for other behavioural or truancy issues. Researchers used qualitative semi-structured interviews and observations to investigate students’ perceived resilience throughout the semester-long programme. The study suggests changes occurred in students’ protective factors, including their ability to speak out, their connections with adults in an educational setting and their relationships with peers.