The Civic Achievement Award Program (CAAP) is a three-part citizenship education program for students in grades five through eight that teaches the skills needed to become active, informed citizens. The program increases student awareness of their democratic heritage and its everyday relevance through participation in various civic projects. (MLH)

Explains the difference between rote and experiential/locale learning, their effects on neurons of the brain, and their impact on short- and long-term memory. Draws upon brain research to explore the effects of stress and boredom on learning. Notes programs that employ teaching methods using brain-based theories of learning. (DMM)

Outlines a laboratory activity which takes place at the zoo and helps make some of the important aspects of evolution more concrete. Includes the principles of adaptation, variation within a species, types of evolution, and predicting future evolutionary trends. Provides a student worksheet. (RT)

Most advisors do not have enough information about experiential learning opportunities in their communities to encourage their universities to become involved in offering these opportunities to their students. Some successful experiential learning programs are identified and the advisor's role in such a program is explained. (Author/MLW)

We need a "new story" that replaces materialistic and exploitative cultural values with respect for others and the environment. Creation of this new story begins by retelling our experiences of connecting to nature in the outdoors. "The Universe Story" (Brian Swimme, Thomas Berry) combines spirituality with science to trace…

The South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and Environment (SPACHEE) involved women in experiential workshops to explore forest ecosystems. The first phase focused on the forest environment, the second on documenting and promoting traditional medicine and medicinal plants, valuable local knowledge that can persuade people to protect the…

Production of a play by students with deafness can be a meaningful student experience as well as an excellent educational laboratory. An original production at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf at Gallaudet University involved students in set construction, painting, preparing visuals, financial management, using video and other technology,…

Examines four frequent assumptions about the relationships between adventure education and experiential learning. Suggests that learning requires more than just doing, that adventure education practitioners must encourage participants to make sense out of their experiences through reflection, and that practitioners themselves must reflect on their…

Presents activities for helping elementary students learn about Newton's third law of motion. Several activity cards demonstrate the concept of the law of action and reaction. The activities require only inexpensive materials that can be found around the house. (SM)

States that performance activity is itself an experiential learning method which can contribute to other disciplines. Argues that "creative drama for social change" may not be a contradiction in terms. Chronicles the process through which the author and her coleader expanded a leadership "practicum" into an experiment by…

A principal without a science background can heroically promote hands-on science education by being a good role model, budgeting money for science, visiting science classes, encouraging discovery methods, promoting curriculum connections, providing adequate supplies, getting good media coverage, involving parents, and providing leadership. A…

Evaluation of an outdoor management development (OMD) program at Leeds Business School concludes that such experiential learning activities achieve far more than conventional classroom approaches. The myths and stereotypes surrounding OMD require rigorous evaluation to provide evidence of its effectiveness. (SK)

This paper questions the claim that able-bodied individuals cannot understand the experience of disability and that disablism is a socially created form of oppression. It examines social constructivist and social creativist views of disability and argues against the social creativist view as the only fruitful perspective concerning disability.…

Curriculum development is a practical endeavor that is best learned in an experiential learning environment--the curriculum studio concept. Teachers entering the profession should have the fundamental skills to develop new curriculum materials for a flexible resource-based classroom. (JOW)

Describes educational program for juvenile delinquents that works toward goals of creating humane educational environment to aid at-risk students to gain sense of purpose and self-worth through incorporating three basic humane values into its philosophy: environment of care, focus on individual, and experiential learning. (CRR)