Recounts weekend at a bee farm, an activity for a required Lehigh University freshman English composition course designed to facilitate socialization and exchange of ideas and to provide experiences for students to write about. Uses excerpts from journals of nine students. (NEC)

Argues that experiential education can be a factor in changing peoples' lives by pushing them to try alternative lifestyles and, subsequently, to form new values. (NEC)

Discusses the objectives, characteristics, and outcomes associated with a joint "sociology-urban studies, travel-study, minicourse program." Describes how students in a four-day, two-credit-hour course travel to cities such as Washington, DC and Toronto to be exposed to different cultures, organizational structures, and social arrangements.…

Discusses a walking trip through Elfers, Florida, which gives intermediate level students a basis for a real understanding of the state's history, climate, economy, and natural resources. Describes how students prepare for the outing by examining maps and interviewing their parents and grandparents about life when they were in school. (GEA)

A parent education model was designed to train teachers to work with parents. Objectives of the model include (1) portraying the program as an opportunity, (2) treating parents as interested partners, (3) providing clear expectations, (4) teaching strategies and skills, (5) recognizing participation, and (6) providing clear lectures and materials.…

The number charts described in this article have been used successfully with elementary students as young as first graders to teach the concepts of even and odd numbers. Students construct charts and then answer a series of questions about the patterns that they observe. (RH)

The usual model of action learning includes within its framework the role and function of the set adviser. This article provides an account, by its members, of an action learning set operating with no set adviser. The development of procedures and processes within the group is reviewed, together with an assessment of outcomes. (Author)

Suggests that current academic orientation of graduate education in sociology poses a number of barriers in preparing students for applied careers and demonstrates problems of training versus career reality. Proposes that graduate programs offer a variety of options within a broadly defined applied track, expanding opportunities for students to…

Using the Kings Landing Historical Settlement of New Brunswick as an example, this article describes how to use restored communities to provide students with a near first-hand historical experience. Includes step-by-step instruction, maps, and sample handouts. (JDH)

Offers seven activities based on three instructional strategies designed to aid children in learning history. The three strategies are: (1) teaching to the future, (2) interactive time line, and (3) taking on a role. (JDH)

Reviews literature on experiential learning and reports the results of an experiment designed to match class format, assignments, and assessment instruments to students' personality types and different perspectives on the nature of knowledge. Results were positive but must be interpreted with caution. (JDH)

Techniques for planning an effective field trip, that is, one that uses structured learning, are provided. Sample questions that were used on a Boston Massacre field trip are provided. (RM)

Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents dealing with job training programs, methods of granting academic credit for employment training activities, and human resource development. (DMM)

Public health nurses (N=5) were administered questionnaires to examine their perception of their assessment skill and referral behavior. Results showed continuing education courses, years since graduation, and work experience affected perceptions. Concluded that chemical dependency classes and experiential training are needed. (BH)

This article addresses the less utilized, nontraditional techniques of experiential and exploratory theater as vehicles for promoting both cognitive and affective learning. It discusses puppets as provocateurs, evoking response through mime, improvisation, and exploratory theater and problem solving. (CT)