Tested the learning preferences of 1252 vocational education and training (VET) learners using the Canfield Learning Styles Inventory. Results indicate that VET learners prefer dependent learning rather than self-directed learning, and learning through observation and direct experience. Discusses the preparedness of VET learners for flexible…

Social learning involves action, reflection, cooperation, and communication. The collective efforts of partners in social learning depend on the roles they play and on the intertwined issues of creativity, power, and responsibility. (Contains 39 references.) (SK)

Describes an exhibit called Kid's Kitchen, built within a major exhibit called Biodiversity: Life Supporting Life, in order to discuss environmental prompts hidden within the kitchen designed to surprise students and get them thinking. (ASK)

Outlines a group method for teaching the analysis of textual data. The experiential method involves coding, categorizing, and achieving consensus on the categories. (SK)

Offers suggestions for spreading ownership of a prior learning program: sharing the program's philosophy; conducting workshops; arranging informal gatherings; assigning tutors; establishing a faculty committee; soliciting ideas; recruiting faculty; acting as liaison; publishing guidelines; convincing others of the program's value; and revealing…

Vann reviews research on how adults learn self-direction and delineates a cognitive-behaviorist learning model. Percival critiques the article and presents an alternate view to which Vann provides a rejoinder. (SK)

Mature students may experience dislocation from familiar circumstances, vulnerability, or overconfidence. Some learn nothing from experience or simply enjoy the experience of learning. Humility to learn and the excitement of new learning are needed by both learners and educators. (SK)

Describes an activity for observing the pressure differences between mountain air and sea level air by bottling air. (YDS)

Describes enhancing the outdoor adventure experience by engaging the spirit. Strategies include creating spirit-related expectations, refocusing, making space for rituals and ceremonies, looking for metaphors, including intentional experiences as catalysts to deeper meanings, and offering opportunities for reflection. Backpacking at night on the…

High school students in a forestry and wildlife management course learned the use of global positioning software, geographic information systems, and other computer programs. They applied these skills in a capstone multimedia presentation for the community of maps they had made of a local arboretum. (JOW)

Collaborative inquiry was facilitated among six nursing managers learning to be more holistic in their work. They moved through eight cycles of action-reflection as they attempted to improve communication and respect, increase self-understanding, and use new skills and understanding to build community throughout the hospital. (SK)

Grieving, a learning experience in response to loss, may involve either (1) learning to grieve, an individualized process leading to resolution or (2) complicated mourning, a defensive response that avoids pain. Learning tasks include acceptance, acknowledgment of emotions, adjustment to change, and reestablishment. Sites for this learning include…

Advocates service learning as an integrative strategy for Cooperative Extension. Addresses the following questions: (1) how does service learning, viewed as a form of engagement, differ from traditional extension activities? (2) what benefits might involvement in service learning bring to all stakeholders? and (3) how might extension engage young…

Examines the learning environment of journalism education. Considers historical perspectives of journalism education before laying the groundwork for a new research area. Suggests that the experiential learning approach offers a way of assessing the quality of learning and of breaking new paths into the study of journalism education. (SG)

Proposes that the use of children's literature to teach adults is consistent with the andragogical premise that significant adult learning is grounded in experience. Suggests that children's literature helps focus on real-life situations that enhance critical thinking and creativity and facilitates adults' spiritual growth. (SK)