A woman treated for eating disorders, long-term depression, and attempted suicide describes how adventure therapy helped her to confront her personal issues, deal with feelings of inadequacy, take risks, trust other people, and enjoy the beauty of nature. Discusses the role of the facilitator in ensuring a safe environment and leading reflective…

An action learning program involved supervisors in the development of a process improvement project for their work area. Most of the 44 participants were highly satisfied with the training; many had attained National Vocational Qualifications and achieved cost savings for their organizations. (SK)

Inner-city fifth and sixth graders were divided as follows: 56 conducted 10-week garden projects; 57 did short, in-class projects; and 31 controls were taught by traditional methods. Both treatment groups improved pretest knowledge of food and fiber by 70-80%, compared to 11% increase among controls. (SK)

Alternatives to master of business administration courses for construction industry managers are portfolios for assessing workplace competence, coaching and mentoring through networks or learning partnerships with master builders, and action learning to attain formal accreditation. These methods can attract small builders and contractors who are…

Asserts the rationale for personal development work in counselor training stems directly from Rogers' claim of a selective constructive tendency. The basis for this belief and its implementation in experiential learning shows a number of paradoxes, however. As a result, this article states the Rogerian rationale for personal development work is…

Interviews with 18 adults who identified negative outcomes from life experience learning showed that, if experience challenges self-definition, growth-inhibiting responses develop. When the threat to self is reduced, growth may result from negative experiences. (SK)

Deep ecology is suited to outdoor education because it depends on direct experience of the environment for self-realization to occur. Joining experiential, presentational, propositional, and practical ways of knowing with deep ecology creates an educational framework that will enable outdoor education to deliver outcomes relating to sustainability…

Describes a technology education program at Newburyport High School in Massachusetts that provides hands-on learning through a virtual shop class 3-D computer-aided design. (JOW)

A four-week experiential group for women at the British Columbia Cancer Agency offers the creative tools of art, meditation, and journal writing to help focus the inner work of healing in the presence of others. Using comments from the participants, a brief history, framework, and overview are outlined. (Contains 24 references.) (GCP)

The "algorithmic" model of outdoor experiential learning is based in military tradition and characterized by questionable scientific rationale, production line metaphor, and the notion of learning as marketable commodity. Alternatives are the moral paradigm; the ecological paradigm "friluftsliv"; and the emerging…

Minority women students (n=60) in Canadian universities participated in focus groups and a survey (30 responses) depicting their experiences with university culture, academic advising and mentoring, social life, and academic freedom. Education's role in reducing or eliminating power imbalances was stressed. (SK)

Describes an organizational learning course based on transformative learning theory that illustrates approaches to developing constructive learning environments, enhancing team learning, examining mental models, supporting systems thinking, and achieving personal mastery. (SK)

States that tracking, or the study of changes in landscapes, offers clues that give us a direct experiential connection to the past and consequently enriches our appreciation of how the present came to be. Discusses tracking animals and footprints, tree tracking, and geomorphology or landforms. (AIM)

Work-based learning is a way to increase students' engagement in learning and prepare them for employment. Inspired by the apprenticeship concept, the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act supports other types of work-based learning, including visits to workplaces, work-like experiences, and employment. Article notes youth apprenticeship…

Discusses creating an outdoor classroom as a means to enhance the curriculum with outdoor, hands-on learning. It is based on a project at Olympic Heights Elementary School in Calgary. Includes a list of pointers on how an outdoor classroom can integrate language arts, math, science, social studies, health, physical education, art and music. (AIM)