Describes a state-wide inservice training course for first-year teachers of vocational agriculture in Oklahoma. The program is characterized by hands-on experiences in workshops, conferences, and demonstrations, under the tutelage of experienced teachers. (SK)

This study, which used as subjects 89 undergraduate students in a personnel management course, indicated that the emotional relationship between teacher and student is related to the student's perception of the effectiveness of experiential learning. (RAO)

Reports on the application of experiential learning to a college level sociology course on the social consequences of disability. The course involves traditional methods such as reading/lecture/examination and more innovative approaches such as experiential learning and directing students to manage their own learning processes. (Author/DB)

Reviews (1) how vocational agriculture provides supervised occupational experience, (2) attitudes toward experiential programs, and (3) the future of experiential programs. (LRA)

Presents examples to substantiate the observation that children experiment with and benefit from writing long before they receive formal instruction, and suggests ways for parents and teachers to avoid obstructing this natural and healthy tendency. (HTH)

This experiential learning activity highlights the perceptual processes that transpire between two interactants. Participants attempt to match other participants with their prime concern when interacting with someone socially for the first time. Illustrative data from a sample game are presented and discussed. (Author)

A trip down the Colorado river on a raft is recounted. (JD)

Outlines a research methods course which stresses experiential learning through a variety of projects in which students learn the major aspects of experimentation. An in-class study, research project, proposal, and class analysis are discussed. (KC)

Describes a lesson in a research methods class teaching undergraduate students instrument construction and interviewing techniques, using film viewing, discussion, and interviewing exercises. Student reactions were positive. (CK)

Activities to be used before teaching the Pythagorean Theorem are described. Sample worksheets are provided. (MK)

Students in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are leaving the school to spend as much as a full semester learning about the adult world. (Author)

The article discusses how to tap a maple tree. Tapping a maple tree to produce maple syrup can: (1) lead to better understanding in many subject areas, (2) develop skills through participation in a rewarding activity, and (3) help students appreciate the many important roles that trees play in our environment and daily lives. (NQ)

Emphasizing the need to experience environments through both sensory and psychological awareness, this workshop model's goals are to: explore basic environmental concepts and examine them in relationship to the classroom; provide an experience base for each of these concepts; and relate environmental concepts and activities to specific curriculum…

Dominant models of experiential learning contain uncritical assumptions about experience. Locating experience in postmodern social practices emphasizes how it is shaped by culture. In critical practices, experience is not something from which knowledge can be derived but is itself knowledge. (SK)

Unemployed adult students organized a conference that proved to be a transforming experience. They developed public speaking skills, confidence, and knowledge useful to participation in public debate on social issues. (SK)