Outlines rationale for career education. With career education, focus shifts from content process. Career education is preparation for life and the function of school is to provide experiences that primarily prepare children for more living rather than for more schooling. (Author/BEF)

"Cultural journalism" is the generic term applied to the "Foxfire" type program in which youth research and report their community's culture. This article traces the history of the movement from its beginnings as a ninth-grade English project to its adoption as a concept by teachers and students across the nation. (DS)

Describes one teacher's experiences with primary children on overnight field trips, including mental and physical preparations, activities, writing sessions after the trip, funding, and the side benefit of a closer student/teacher relationship. (AN)

Describes group training model that differs from the traditional T-group model in structure, leadership, and assumptions about learning. The life-cycle model is based on situational leadership, differential structures based on group maturity, and integration of conceptual and experiential learning. (Author)

Focuses on one person's perspective toward responsibilities of and toward the history of the museum profession. A plea is put forth for developing a feasible documentation system and national network of exhibit reviews. (Author/SA)

Examines the organization and objectives of an adventure-based course for industrial managers and management trainees. The program's goal is the development of personal qualities and social skills, as well as the application of leadership theories in a mentally and physically challenging environment. (SK)

Suggests that citizenship cannot be effectively taught through school-focused programs emphasizing knowledge acquisition. Advocates an active approach which allows students to learn skills by experimenting and practicing them both in and out of school. Cites supportive research and three sample programs. (SJL)

A study of nontraditional education conducted by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation emphasized the need for the development of reliable means of evaluating educational achievements and learning outcomes and the necessity for accrediting agencies to assume leadership in this process. (SK)

Emphasizes the responsibility of eliminating unacceptable levels of safety risks in outdoor education programs, without destroying opportunities for challenging experiences that allow the spontaneity and freedom of movement necessary for the development of self-reliance and self-growth for students. (JD)

Describes a successful experimental humanities course during which students and professor investigate "self-reliance in a technological society" through combining theoretical and philosophical academic study with the practical application of purchasing and remodeling an old house. (JD)

Skill in asking and dealing with questions and the provision of hands-on experience are important in stimulating the curiosity of children. (CM)

Two experiments explored how memory for new information is affected by awareness of parallels to pre-experimental knowledge. Results suggest that the benefit of prior knowledge derives from the more elaborate encodings that analogy promotes. (Author/AM)

Presents critical issues including mechanics, literacy and terminology, usual learning style, participant background, verbal and nonverbal language use, and initial activities which experiential learning facilitators should consider when working in developing countries. (CMV)

A fifth- and sixth-grade project is described that requires each student to build a bridge to specified dimensions using only specified materials. (MK)

Describes a program in which Iowa high school reporters attended and reported on the Iowa House of Representatives Student Model Session; includes a news story about the model session written by a high school reporter, and lists actions taken by student legislators at the session. (GT)