Presents a student description of the Cape of Good Hope project in which pairs of students designed capes and cloaks out of garbage bags for a fashion show. (ASK)

Describes feminist group processes (praxis, empowerment, awareness, consensus, evolution) taught to nursing students through experiential learning activities. Explains changes in learner and teacher behavior and challenges that were encountered and overcome. (SK)

Among 35 business students who wrote traditional research papers and response papers (in which they present reactions to and critiques of issues), only one-third enjoyed writing response papers, but 74% learned from the experience, and 60% would rather write response papers than take exams. (SK)

Describes a program at a North Carolina high school in which students from the leadership class share an entire workday with a civic or government official. (SR)

Describes an integrated nature-immersion program in which K-5 students meet all curriculum outcomes through investigating, monitoring, and restoring schoolground habitats and local ecosystems. (CCM)

Debunks brain/education myths. The term "brain-based education" is redundant; learning is the brain's function. More brain cell connections do not equal more learning. There is no "critical period" for developing human brain capacity. All learning is emotional, and learning never ends. Tips for high-school teachers are…

Looks at some of the philosophical positions, especially Pragmatism, that ground and inform the traditions of experiential education, examining hierarchical philosophy and experiential education, egalitarian pragmatism and experiential education (using Jane Addams as an example), and Dewey's theory of education as expressed in "Democracy and…

Examines value of study-abroad programs in providing students with experiential learning experiences. Notes goals (appreciation of diversity, understanding other cultures, enriched educational opportunities) and types of study-abroad opportunities available, and offers several case studies of students' study-abroad experiences. Also discusses…

Describes development and marketing of a Welsh business school's diploma in entrepreneurial practice, an action learning-based program. Discusses problems encountered in dealing with the concept of business ambiguity, program flexibility, and measurement of outcomes. (SK)

Student-assembled collages can be used to trigger reflective questioning and enable students to view situations from multiple perspectives. When used in clinical supervision of nursing students, they help clarify issues and develop awareness of personal values and meanings related to nursing practice. (SK)

Focuses on the role played by the health care system, as organized by the modern state, in the way physicians do their work. Discusses the state of biomedical ethics and argues for international experiences for future physicians. (Author/VWL)

This paper reports on two studies that compared the memory of children with autism for personally experienced events with that of memory for events experienced by a peer. The children with autism recalled events performed by themselves significantly less well than observed events performed by a peer. The opposite was true for typical children and…

Explains an astronomy course with an alternative teaching method that has students investigate their own understanding of astronomy. Describes the value of journal use and its integration into science courses. Lists major components for the integration of journal writing into the course content and discusses student strategies for journal keeping.…

Examines the three stages in cross-cultural education: (1) planning; (2) the experience itself; and (3) reflection. Reconsiders the nature of teaching and learning in cross-cultural education as a process that allows students to maintain their own cultural selves within the unnatural conditions of crossing cultures. (Author/CCM)

Verbally describing places visited on a wilderness expedition in great detail, using poetic metaphors to add power, does more than improve descriptive skills. Speaking the place aloud deepens the experience by sharpening one's observational skills and adding an imaginative aspect that brings the place alive. Writing the observations in a journal…