Assesses the benefits resulting from a laboratory field project and report for agricultural students in an introductory crop science course. Student responses to evaluation statements indicated that the project helped them identify crops, understand cultural and management practices, and recognize environmental influences that affect crop…

Applies research on the instructional effectiveness of science-oriented field trips to humane education programs. Advocates the use of animal-related field trips and provides guidelines for excursion activities. (ML)

Outlines a model of experiential psychotherapy supervision illustrated by a case study. Four stages of experiential supervision are identified with issues relevant to each stage presented. Various techniques for working with issues pertaining to the supervisory process are discussed and exemplified by case illustration. (Author/JAC)

Interviews Gordon Wells of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada. Wells extends the concept of children negotiating with people in their environment to create meaning to teachers taking control of their own learning and in so doing facilitating children's taking control of their own learning. (HTH)

A British educator discusses the summer he spent as an American camp counselor. Discovers that in combining the roles of activity center, holiday resort, and place of learning, over 8,000 summer camps are an important part of educational process and significant formative influence on a large proportion of this nation's young. (NEC)

This article details a process that helps high school counselors use their affective skills in the classroom. A structured approach is recommended. (Author)

Describes fourth graders' observations and hypotheses about the sun and moon and how the three-dimensional reality gradually replaced the inadequate two-dimensional models of textbooks. Discusses implications for instruction of this progression from concrete to abstract. (HTH)

Offers an analysis of methods used by a sample of seven colleges to evaluate and document college-level knowledge acquired experientially. Looks at practices in terms of evaluation methodology, documentation, and quality control. Details the portfolios review process used at St. Joseph's College. (DMM)

Study showed that experience-based economic education at the high school level, as opposed to the traditionally watered-down approach, results in the transfer of economic reasoning/thinking to everyday decision making. (RM)

Described is a project in which third graders create their own corporation--a cupcake factory--and learn first-hand about economic principles and the decisions that businesses must make in the market economy. The cupcake factory is one example of how enterprising educators can make economics comprehensible and captivating. (RM)

The Learning Style Inventory assesses learners' preferences. This study was designed to determine reliability and construct validity of Kolb's original ipsative instrument and an alternate normative form. The alternate version was found as reliable as the original, was equivalent in measuring characteristics, and demonstrated comparable construct…

Describes an experimental academic course on marriage and family therapy supervision. The course, an adapted version of an institute program, was taught in four stages, combined a seminar and a practicum, and culminated with live supervision of live supervision. (Author)

Discusses man's responsibility for the earth and for mankind and the need to foster responses and skills based on understanding the interconnectedness of all things. Outlines characteristics of "survivor personality" and relates these to experiential education values. (LFL)

Focuses on specific concepts of the child care profession and on criteria for quality care, listing five charges for the National Association for the Education of Young Children regarding the education of the American public about the profession. (BJD)

Reports on a study (of 79 Navajo women) that compared the predictiveness of two types of learning experience (schooling and weaving) for pattern continuation skills across varying domains and contexts. Questions the notion that what is learned in particular experiences automatically improves skills in general. (KH)