Students in the Audubon Expedition Institute's undergraduate and graduate degree programs in environmental education get direct experience in dealing with community environmental issues. The model follows Kolb's stages of observation/reflection, concrete experience, abstraction/generalization, and application. (SK)

Managers in service and manufacturing organizations (n=433) identified top practices for improving their performance as focus, feedback, and learning from experience. There was a disparity between the management development they want and what organizations provide. (SK)

Delves into the potential learning capacity inherent in project-based organizations derived from conclusions drawn from action research as well as extensive field experience. Proposes project-based learning as a means to address the challenge of sustainable growth of learning capacity; i.e., developing learning capabilities that enable reasoning…

Relates adventure seeking and adventure education to the Norwegian phenomenon "friluftsliv" to focus on the inclusion of nature and nature-related values. Discusses the dichotomy between nature and culture. Describes friluftsliv as the legacy of the 19th-century explorer and environmental philosopher Fridtjof Nansen who praised the…

"Play" with computer applications is form of self-directed, experiential learning. This learning results in improved mental models of applications; application use for work tasks further refines the models. Application play may benefit organizations that invest considerable resources in technology training. (SK)

Describes how six women working within a liberal feminist Christian tradition sought to nurture learning communities that empower and transform. Relates how the group used metaphor and laughter as central processes. (SK)

Professionals engage in complex and unpredictable tasks for which they must exercise judgment. The foundation of professional judgment--practical wisdom--is acquired largely through experience. The exercise of judgment challenges the primacy of evidence-based practice and application of protocols. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Suggests that, as people become the key differentiation of competitive advantage, companies are turning to experiential learning programs to foster work force collaboration and cooperation. Discusses the history of experiential learning and its application in the workplace. (JOW)

Indicates that museums and visitor centers must prepare to accommodate younger visitors and their parents by providing a range of developmentally appropriate learning experiences. (CCM)

The 16th recipient of the Kurt Hahn Award reflects on the lack of female role models in experiential and outdoor education during her youth and early professional career; describes the contributions of Laura Mattoon, Juliette Low, and Abbie Graham; and outlines the ways in which these three educators modeled inclusion and empowerment practices in…

Outdoor educators should be doing more to help students get beyond the manufactured "wonderland" sham to experience the lifelong joys of wonder. This means that educators must develop their own vocabulary and that of their students around words that indicate values associated with experiences. Appropriate language is an important tool in…

Argues that experience is the root of individual, socio-environmental existence, and that inquires have arrived at a potentially important body of knowledge in environmental education. (Author/CCM)

Defines action learning as a recurring experiential process of embracing an issue, raising new questions, reflecting on problems and solutions, and making necessary changes. Describes an action learning group of eight women who explore how they learn about gender in their work and lives. (JOW)

This paper proposes a framework of an evolving community of practitioners along a simulation, participation, and codetermined interactions continuum. Simulation, participation, and codetermined interactions are three models of learning, which describe how learners can be brought through a scaffolded process within a community experience. The…

At the authors' school, as in many places, she struggles with making science a meaningful part of her students' lives. The teachers are working under state mandates to prepare students for reading and mathematics tests in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Often, this relegates science and social studies to a distant back burner. In an effort to…