In the Masterpiece course project, business communication students prepare a proposal for study with an actual business partner, a recruitment presentation for prospective employees, a research report and oral presentation, and assessment of team and individual performance. The project is an opportunity for actual management rather than merely…

Presents the author's experiences as an online student at the Open University (United Kingdom) as a case study to examine the relationship between interaction, reflection, and learning in distance education. Discusses reflection and experiential learning theory and proposes recommendations for course design that promotes the understanding of…

In Britain, archaeological fieldwork is being used for both educational and research purposes. Training is provided for adult learners from a range of backgrounds, with the goal of increasing public participation in and ownership of archaeological outcomes. (SK)

Describes a high school designed to make students act and feel like professionals as they study in the context of a retail store, conference center, courtroom, architecture studio, and medical offices. Students from this high-poverty district may attend the academy full- or part-time. The school strives to steer students in to the most promising…

Productivity-related experiential learning practices of 96 Senegalese farmers were investigated. The high-productivity group (n=51) used collegial discussion (29.4%) and trial and error (27.4%); low-productivity farmers used trial and error (28.8%) and observation (24.4%). Experiential learning appeared to be rooted in the culture and values of…

This article describes the outdoor and indoor adventure experience and its relationship to counseling. A conceptual framework of Adventure Based Counseling has been developed to provide a better understanding of the process and potential benefits of this approach and to serve as a model for researchers. (Contains 68 references.) (GCP)

This article focuses on experiential learning as a teaching and learning methodology to increase students' multicultural counseling competencies. Outlines ethical and practical suggestions for using experiential learning in multicultural counseling curriculum. (Contains 43 references.) (GCP)

Goals of the Children's Museum of Boston are to encourage curiosity, skepticism, and realism while providing opportunities for discoveries and new insights. The museum addresses the needs of young children through adolescents by providing a multicultural environment and participatory learning centers. (JDD)

The inquiry approach of Discovery Place of Birmingham, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama, invites children of all ages to explore the excitement of science, technology, art, and humanities. The educational resource center provides interactive exhibits, hands-on materials, teacher workshops, and family programs. (JDD)

Explores how outdoor experiential education can facilitate personal growth and transformation by balancing adventure-based activities with inner-directed processes. Discusses transpersonal psychology and research on consciousness and brain functions relevant to the process of transformation. Describes a specific technique to access deeper levels…

Maintains that preschool and kindergarten curricula should encourage experiential learning, and not just formal academic education. (BB)

Noting the dim employment prospects for youth and the economic plight of young American families, a recent Grant Foundation report calls for more experience-based schooling. Also recommended is better funding for existing Head Start, Chapter 1, and federal job training programs and for new legislation--the Fair Chance/Youth Opportunities Act. (MLH)

Examines how a recently developed peer observation program for principals (Peer-Assisted Leadership) is being adapted for preservice and inservice training programs across the country. Training adaptations used in preparation programs include coaching and follow-through, mentoring, and peer support, while inservice programs feature mentoring and…

Law-related education works best when teachers abandon manuals and prepackaged teaching modules for teaching strategies that tap each student's prior knowledge and relevant life experiences. Ten themes are suggested, along with six teaching components (knowledge competencies, motivating and learning activities, curriculum correlation, relation to…

Although all students need more and better science classes to face the next century's challenges, students gifted in science also need access to dedicated teachers willing to assist their learning progress and encourage their production of original research projects. Integrating the science curriculum would also benefit gifted and other students.…