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Download full textYuill, Stephanie – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2007
From the World Conservation Union to front-line practitioners, there is increasing recognition of the interaction between nature and people, and a growing integration of environmental and social issues. This also rings true for natural and cultural heritage educators as the line between nature and culture education slowly blurs. Perhaps the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Museums, Archives, Programming
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Direct linkEdmundson, Phyllis J. – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2007
Increased attention to preparing addictions counselors and related professionals to use evidence-based practices has brought new attention to the preparation programs for addictions counselors. Research and theory about adult learning emphasizes the importance of students as active participants in problem and experience based learning. This paper…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Education Work Relationship, Teaching Methods, Counselor Training
Ansberry, Karen; Morgan, Emily – Science and Children, 2007
A notebook is perhaps the single most important piece of equipment a naturalist takes into the field. But notebooks are not only for use by field scientists: They are also excellent tools for helping students record observations outdoors, develop communication skills, and mirror the work of real scientists. They may contain observations and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Notetaking, Observation
Elkind, David – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
In this article, the author discusses the importance of early childhood play. Play is simply shorthand for everyone's capacity for curiosity, imagination, and fantasy--everyone's creative dispositions. What makes play unique is that it enables everyone to create new learning experiences. To illustrate, an infant who drops a rattle from the crib,…
Descriptors: Play, Fantasy, Learning Readiness, Experiential Learning
Reilly, Anne H.; Ehlinger, Sara – Journal of Management Education, 2007
Scandals throughout corporate America have encouraged companies to seek leaders who can sustain profitability and embody positive values within the organization. This group exercise highlights some of the key challenges involved in choosing a values-based leader. Participants assess three hypothetical companies' values during a period of change…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Values, Management Development, Leadership
Friar, John H.; Eddleston, Kimberly A. – Journal of Management Education, 2007
Networking is important, and it is a skill. The authors have developed an exercise that provides students with a realistic networking experience within the safe environment of the classroom. The exercise provides a lead-in to the discussion of networking techniques, active listening, the cultivation of secondary networks, appropriate ways to…
Descriptors: Listening, Experiential Learning, Thinking Skills, Social Networks
Kruse, Julia; Brubaker, Cate – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2007
This article discusses components that can make study abroad programs more effective so that students successfully improve their language and culture competency and gain a more sophisticated understanding of the host culture. First, the authors offer ideas for language instructors at home on how to integrate culture learning into the classroom and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Program Effectiveness
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2007
In 2004, High Tech High, a charter school chain based in San Diego, California, became the state's first charter-management organization (CMO) to gain state approval to operate its own teacher-credentialing program. It is not stopping there. In August, it will cut the ribbon on the High Tech High graduate school of education, which appears to be…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High Schools, Teacher Education, Administrator Education
Weigle, David S.; Buben, Amelia; Burke, Caitlin C.; Carroll, Nels D.; Cook, Brett M.; Davis, Benjamin S.; Dubowitz, Gerald; Fisher, Rian E.; Freeman, Timothy C.; Gibbons, Stephen M.; Hansen, Hale A.; Heys, Kimberly A.; Hopkins, Brittany; Jordan, Brittany L.; McElwain, Katherine L.; Powell, Frank L.; Reinhart, Katherine E.; Robbins, Charles D.; Summers, Cameron C.; Walker, Jennifer D.; Weber, Steven S.; Weinheimer, Caroline J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2007
In this article, an experiential learning activity is described in which 19 university undergraduates made experimental observations on each other to explore physiological adaptations to high altitude. Following 2 wk of didactic sessions and baseline data collection at sea level, the group ascended to a research station at 12,500-ft elevation.…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Physiology, Control Groups, Experiential Learning
Attwood, Margaret – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2007
Can the development, both clinical and managerial, of practitioners involved in healthcare be enriched by connecting action learning principles and practice with research on "tempered radicals"? Might such connection also assist the efforts of patients and their advocates to create more holistic approaches to patient care? This paper…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Patients, Access to Education, Foreign Countries
Jorenby, Marnie K. – Journal of Peace Education, 2007
During World War II the United States and Japan experienced what Rouhana and Bar-Tal described as "a clash of narratives between two societies". The Japanese envisioned themselves as heroes saving Asia from western colonisation, while the Americans felt the need to defend the West from the "Yellow Peril". In the research…
Descriptors: War, Cartoons, Experiential Learning, Peace
El-Bishouty, Moushir M.; Ogata, Hiroaki; Yano, Yoneo – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This paper introduces a ubiquitous computing environment in order to support the learners while doing tasks; this environment is called PERKAM (PERsonalized Knowledge Awareness Map). PERKAM allows the learners to share knowledge, interact, collaborate, and exchange individual experiences. It utilizes the RFID ubiquities technology to detect the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Computer Software
Hays, Richard – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
Community-orientated medicine is a topical area for debate in the current discussions about medical education, but it can be argued that medical education has always been in the community because medical practice is located therein. It is widely accepted that community settings provide a wealth of learning opportunities for students and trainees…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Medical Education, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
Klein, Gerald D. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2009
As a significant percentage of students in higher education today have one or more disabilities, it is important for instructors to be aware of what disabilities, and how disabilities, impact student performance. Students with a wide range of disabilities can encounter significant obstacles when experiential instructional methods are implemented…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Experiential Learning, College Students, Access to Education
Mellet-d'Huart, Daniel – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2009
This article covers the application of virtual reality (VR) to training and lifelong learning. A number of considerations concerning the design of VR applications are included. The introduction is dedicated to the more general aspects of applying VR to training. From multiple perspectives, we will provide an overview of existing applications with…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
