Includes "Putting Research Findings into Practice to Improve Testing" (Dyer); "Using Research Findings" (Knight); "Show Me the Money" (Osborne); "Program of Activities" (Torres, Dormody); "May Cannibals Ask Questions?" (Edwards); "Experiential Learning" (Andreasen); and "Research into Practice: A Complex, Unpredictable Process" (Budke). (SK)

Defines workplace learning and outlines conditions and characteristics. Identifies learning paradigms and models and discusses the role of workplace learning in the development of learning organizations. (SK)

Reports that experiential education enabled disadvantaged students to catch up to their peers and compete on an even basis following graduation. Graduates with related work experience had significantly higher levels of responsibility than their inexperienced counterparts in their first jobs following graduation, found work more quickly, and were…

Discusses vandalism as a major concern in schoolyards and believes that it can be kept at a minimum during outdoor activities. Presents statistical information on arrests in cases of vandalism. Describes four key strategies for discouraging vandalism that the National Crime Prevention Council focuses on, and discusses the psychology of criminals.…

Describes a lesson plan on the movement of water in a water cycle. Presents a water cycle table that includes explanations. (YDS)

Describes a program in which students in an adolescent development course were trained in a six-week group intervention aimed at building skills for positive communication, resolving differences, and preventing violence. (Author/CCM)

Adventure therapy infuses experiential, physical activity into traditional talk therapy, drawing support from Piaget's theory that children construct knowledge from their actions on the environment. Several vignettes illustrate the point, noting the importance of laughter and physical touch to therapy. Using ropes for a "touch without…

Reviews management education from a nonlinear systems perspective, concluding that it fails to incorporate double-loop learning or take into account experiential learning and development. Finds an overreliance on management fads and fashions in business school curricula. (SK)

Each person belongs to a racial group that determines the way they see themselves and others, how they view the world, and how they are viewed by the world. A safe adventure environment enables participants to explore and reflect on what racial identity means to them personally, which leads to broader understanding. (SAS)

Evidence from the occupational safety and health field suggests that much unintentional learning takes place in the workplace that is not a result of conscious decisions and lacks critical reflection. Such learning may have negative consequences. Action can be taken to identify and mitigate the effects of unintentional learning. (SK)

Approaches to learner accreditation form a continuum ranging from institutions determining outcomes and content to empowerment of learners to use their own learning from experience in a way that meets their definition of what is credit worthy. (SK)

Today's companies are looking for managers who are independent and have the courage of their convictions. Although companies want leaders who will speak their minds, the new leaders must be team players who are devoted to helping to realize the chief operating officer's vision. (JOW)

Offers guidelines for systematically planning and teaching visual efficiency to students with low vision, then outlines specific skills that are needed for orientation and mobility, and suggests games and activities that will promote visual efficiency. (DB)

Examination of transformative discourse in South African worker education 1970-2000 shows early links to emancipatory education; a shift to human capital discourse in the 1990s; and changing understanding of how and where knowledge is produced, the kinds of knowledge valued, the social purpose of education, and the meaning of worker experience for…

Definitions of spirituality do not fit in the standard packaging of science. Holistic education that acknowledges the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit is better suited for the exploration of spirituality. Experiential education needs to shift from trying to create spirituality for people, to providing the space and environment for…