Students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities have the opportunity to spend two-and-a-half days at a reconstructed 17th-century historic site located near Midland, Ontario. The Sainte-Marie live-in provides students with an opportunity to live Canadian history. (RM)

Explores the nature of experiential deficiency pattern to suggest a preliminary model for assessing it and then considers whether and how experiential learning strategies can be accommodated to the experiential deficiencies of hearing impaired students. (Author)

Experiential Learning programs are so dispersed within a university that one of the first steps in institutionalization is systematic study of existing activities and practices. The benefits of such an effort are described and procedures based on experiences in pilot attempts are suggested. A sample instrument for study is provided. (MLW)

Describes a three-week interterm program at Southern Methodist University during which journalism students spend time learning at agencies and offices in New York, London, and Los Angeles. (HOD)

A program in Columbus (Ohio) assists teachers to develop instructional activities that will foster students' overall problem-solving skills. A sample of the books used in the program is listed. (MLF)

An experiential graduate education model that effectively addresses issues of adult development and socialization for adults entering the profession of clinical psychology is described. (Author/MSE)

Discusses the relationship between community development (CD) and community education. Describes the undergraduate CD curriculum at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and compares it with traditional curricula. Considers how this approach relates to the principles of community education. (Author/SK)

Describes a study which compared the effectiveness of two teaching methods--the lecture method and experiential learning aimed at improving college students' topographic map skills. Subjects were 76 University of Georgia undergraduate geography students. (AM)

Describes Tunisian experiment of including practical activities in secondary school curriculum that will prepare students for working life. Suggests schools study development needs and needs of community, translate those needs into community development projects, match projects against objectives of training and personality development of…

Legal education, it is suggested, has been unwisely dominated by the study of doctrine and rule-manipulation, and there must be greater emphasis upon both the broader theoretical underpinnings of law and legal systems and the practical role and tasks of the lawyer. (MLW)

Describes a full time, 18 week, interdisciplinary, experiential education program in which high school students from Colorado Springs, Colorado participate in outdoor adventure, community study, and community service projects. (Author/GC)

Provides a brief overview of the rationale of death-oriented seminars, and summary description of a typical death education class including specific interventions, activities, and resources. (JAC)

Considers how the wedding of competency-based education (CBE), centered on basic skills, and experiential education, advocating that learning requires accompanying experience to be effective, offers creative approach to implementation of CBE. Examples from St. Paul Open School illustrate how minimum competency skills can be incorporated into an…

Describes the method implemented at West Virginia University for evaluating and granting life experience credit to school administrators. (WD)

Describes public whale-watching expeditions initiated to cover expenses of the Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation, a group investigating whales and their migratory patterns off the shores of Long Island, New York. Discusses history of whales in the region and recent cetacean conservation efforts. (NEC)