To prepare students for several changes in careers during their lifetime, Technology Challenge is a program designed to meet the challenges in the evolution of technology education from traditional industrial arts. In a laboratory setting, students solve real-world problems using computer technology. (JOW)

Uses the metaphor of music to explore the dynamics of team-based learning. Suggests creative ways to diagnose team problems using melody, harmony, dynamics, tempo, and rhythm. Appendices provide a diagnostic instrument and interventions for various attributes. (SK)

A group of 132 agricultural science students were divided into an experimental group who completed hands-on activities on Ohm's Law and incline plane and a control group who completed worksheets. There were no significant differences in immediate or follow-up measures of achievement. Hands-on students had significantly more positive attitudes. (SK)

Adult students (n=32) participated as volunteers building homes at Habitat for Humanity sites. Critical reflection identified ways in which the experience prepared them for work demands, increased productivity and proactivity, and gave them an appreciation for other cultures. (SK)

Describes how company-sponsored training can earn employees credit toward college degrees. Presents examples from the American Council on Education's Program on Non-Collegiate Sponsored Instruction. (JOW)

A teacher of environmental studies at a magnet Montessori school for gifted children, ages 3 to 9, describes the development of Our Green Classroom, an outdoor garden featuring 100 species of plants, a pond, a birdbath, a bird and butterfly feeding station, a composting demonstration site, and a recycling center. Program emphasis is on hands-on…

Focuses on instructional games designed to teach about environmental topics such as wetlands, pollution, endangered species, population, energy, and individual effects on the environment. Fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students (N=295) were tested, and significant results were found between students who played four games and those who did not…

A study examined therapeutic techniques and staff characteristics in outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH) programs for delinquent adolescents. Surveys of 32 OBH programs indicated that most counseling was done by non-clinical field staff. Therapeutic techniques most used were verbal, written, active, metaphoric transfer, generalization and…

Calls for a richer perspective in assessing prior experiential learning. Asserts that using Levi Strauss' totemism instead of metaphor (looking for similarity between experience and courses) may restore power, ownership, and centrality of the experience to the candidate for assessment, while allowing evaluators to engage in a novel but authentic…

Describes an interpretive program called Stroller Strut at an arboretum aimed at very young children. The program encourages children to use all five senses in experiencing the arboretum. (MM)

Presents tools to assist students with reflection on service learning: Kolb's experiential learning cycle, role playing, journal writing, and a map for planning reflection activities before, during, and after service. (SK)

D. A. Kolb's (1984) 4 processes of experiential education are presented as guidelines for humanistically based training in group counseling. Specific training activities are described, and recommendations for improving training methods are outlined. The authors present qualitative data obtained from graduate counseling students who participated in…

To understand and revive the ancient Hawaiian culture, the crew of a traditional Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe sails among the Pacific Islands without charts or instruments. Trained by Western science, elders, and experience, the navigator guides the craft by the stars and dead reckoning. Each voyage is linked to Hawaiian classroom…

Organizations must balance rational/technical efficiency and emotions. Action learning has been proven to be effective for developing emotional openness in the workplace. Facilitators of action learning should draw upon the disciplines of counseling, Gestalt, psychodynamics, and Eastern philosophies. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)

Provides a classification scheme for computer simulation, role playing, and educational games. Discusses outcomes of each when applied in business and management education and training. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)