Describes a study of self-concept changes among 87 ninth-grade students during a 10-week mandatory adventure course. Concludes that course participation improved overall self-esteem and perceptions of own physical self and popularity, particularly among male students. Contains 16 references. (SV)

Two studies involving 108 infants of 6, 9, and 12 months showed that providing infants with multiple action-relevant properties elicits a rich action repertoire. (RJC)

Three young children with borderline to moderate mental retardation were taught the action-object form using milieu language intervention. Subjects learned to generatively produce action-object combinations in nonobligatory conversational situations as requests for objects/actions and as declaratives, and also began to respond correctly to probe…

Presents activities that focus on shadows to teach about seasonal changes and the earth's tilting axis. Includes suggestions for indoor discussions, diagrams, and models, and for outdoor observations and measurements of shadows. (SV)

Described is an activity in which students are able to determine that DNA can be transferred between bacteria and should be able to predict the type of DNA transferred. Methods, materials, and results are discussed. (CW)

Supports the continuation and improvement of public high school vocational education, based on its experiential nature; the curricular diversity and leadership opportunities offered students; and its unique capacity to meet special learners' needs. Notes vocational education's role in school reform efforts and its applied learning dimension.…

Describes Foxfire, a philosophy of education firmly grounded in principles of democratic, experiential education. Discusses how many who attempted to adopt the approach of the Foxfire books without its founding principles obtained traditional, teacher-oriented results. Describes Foxfire's educational practices and major aspects of the staff's work…

Recounts the adventures of a journey taken through France and Italy. Makes an analogy of this trip to that of the one Charles Dickens took in 1844. Describes silicified horizons of the southern Paris Basin, moraines, outcrops, and "Hoodoos." (RT)

Describes gardening activities teachers can use to promote cognitive and social growth in their students. A garden may serve as a natural laboratory where students may develop a caring ethic and observe the connection between production and consumption. Provides suggestions for adapting the gardening activity to any grade level. (LS)

The report of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's Professional Affairs Committee addresses three issues: continuing education programs for practitioners, experiential education and training, and investigation of the status of pharmacy manpower and support personnel. (MSE)

Presents results of a study of school-based enterprise in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Provides examples of a variety of programs that help students become flexible, self-reliant, independent, and self-directed enough to cope with change creatively. (CH)

Describes personal experience as graduate student in counseling and discusses the influence of one teacher who, by living his values in an authentic way, affirmed himself to his students as he involved them in their processes of becoming teachers and counselors. (Author/NB)

Describes a simulation game requiring students to role play and complete extensive writing exercises to help them become interested in Willa Cather's "My Antonia" and the pioneer experience of relocation and resettlement. Contains an extensive description of the simulation rules and procedures. (TB)

The school-to-career movement aims to improve youngsters' educational performance and career prospects. High schools should be organized around nontracked, thematic programs to prepare students for higher education and highly skilled employment; offer career-focused programs; include work-based learning in the core curriculum; and integrate…

Explores whether experiential education is considered an academic discipline (based on theory) or a profession (based on practice). Telephone interviews with the Board of Directors for the Association for Experiential Education indicate a need for integrating theory and practice. Experiential education's commitment to shared use of knowledge…