Describes benefits of museum field trips to elementary school children. Suggests that the experience is especially beneficial to students with learning disabilities and physical or emotional handicaps. (KC)

Provides lesson plans, including materials, aims, and behavioral objectives, designed to make music part of the preschool curriculum. (Author/DB)

To be an effective outdoor education teacher one must: (1) be prepared; (2) teach only what has been experienced; (3) have his own style; and (4) explain skill, demonstrate it, and have the students perform the skill. (CM)

Uses the Outward Bound School in Colorado as a metaphor for a school that emphasizes putting practice into theory, which suggests a willingness to improvise on the part of teachers and students who are fully capable of figuring out for themselves the individual and social imperatives of education. (Author/IRT)

Describes a course on teaching and learning resources which relied solely upon students borrowing instructional materials from outside organizations, and was designed to provide students with an exposure to a wide variety of instructional media and with skills in the selection and evaluation of instructional materials. (CMV)

The author defines field service programs (or experiential programs) and suggests that this type of program is necessary for today's information-rich, experience-poor student. He describes the field service program at Coker College (South Carolina) which has three types of sponsored internships. (KC)

Indicates that a journalism program must meet students' needs to acquire confidence through the acquisition of practical skills while allowing them to stretch their ideas beyond what experience can reasonably support. Presents illustrations that show some problems and challenges involved in students' efforts to report on significant, controversial…

Describes a program at Bishop Ward High School in Kansas City, Kansas, in which high school seniors work twice each week as community volunteers. (IRT)

Attacks the theory that there is a hierarchy of language skills wherein the learner starts with the simplest elements and builds to the complex. (DD)

Presents the view that the play environment provides the necessary outlets that stimulate the development of the whole child. (SS)

Reviews the essential characteristics of experiential learning. Shows how this approach was applied to a business communication course. (RL)

A preliminary report of a study of primary and middle school children's ability to learn history by reading stories, looking at pictures and handling museum objects and then attempting to infer historical explanations. (BH)

An imaginative teacher should encourage students to view history as a process in which they act a part, rather than concentrate on teaching them dead facts. (MB)

Describes a program for teaching about tropical rainforests in a concrete way using what's outside the door. This activity uses an eastern deciduous hardwood forest as an example. Step-by-step instructions include introductory activities, plus descriptions of stations in the forest to be visited. Resources include books, audio-visual materials,…