Youth field days expose children to outdoor activities, land use ethics, and habitat conservation and encourage adults to be mentors in these areas. A typical youth field day could have programs in archery, fishing, boating, shooting, or safety. The event requires a diverse steering committee that usually includes sporting clubs and state…

The nation's only touring art museum was conceived by the Michigan Council for the Arts in 1971 as a way to bring art to the people. Exhibits for the 1983 California tour, the specially designed railroad cars, the school educational program, and Artrain's functions in communities are described. (SR)

Identifies four categories of information required to develop realistic training programs in Third World countries. A description of the development of a set of workshops on nursing in connection with the Ministry of Health in a sub-Saharan African nation illustrates the effect of these types of information on program development. (JJD)

Interactive pedagogy considers that the instructional setting should compensate for the cognitive deficiencies of the individual learner. Hence, instructional settings should be defined not be their architectural, locational, economic, or mechanical elements, but by their psychological function. Interactive studies of individuals in educational…

This article summarizes educational activities of various sorts undertaken by antinuclear groups across the nation. Activists were interviewed to determine their motivations, aims, and hopes, and the work of scientific and medical activist groups, the nuclear freeze movement, religious groups, and educational organizations is noted. (PP)

Describes a course offered by Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry designed to complement its Saturday Science Program, in which parents become involved in their children's science education. (CS)

Evaluated effects of "Wheel of Fortune," a vocational program for adolescents. This program was developed in the United States and tested on secondary students in Quebec. Results indicated a positive increase with respect to work values on the climate scale of the Perron and Dupont Work Values Questionnaire. (Author/BEF)

Camps should have emergency protocols in place and involve appropriate personnel in their development. Staff should be certified in first aid and CPR, a recordkeeping system should be established, and mock emergencies should be practiced during staff orientation. It may also be advisable to involve campers in practice situations. First aid/CPR…

The John Muir Award was established in the United Kingdom to respond to minimal environmental awareness, especially among youth. The Award has three levels of effort; all involve discovering a wild place, exploring its wildness, helping to conserve it, and sharing the experience with a wider audience. There is an effort to establish the award in…

Discusses an 8-year follow-up study to a smoking prevention program for 13- to 15- year-old students, who were taught the skills to resist pressures to start smoking. Consistent evidence of preventive effects was found among those students who had been non-smokers when the program began. (Author/JS)

Describes a study of desirable components for undergraduate corporate trainer preparation programs. Responses from 323 of 1,093 people listed in the 1987-88 Senior Trainer Roster related to their level of education, major, kinds of training, training methods used, and perceptions of the appropriateness of competencies taught at college. (DMM)

Describes some experiences at a parent-child weekend at Space Camp. (WRM)

To increase its counselor retention rate, a New York camp developed a course for counselors that focuses on leadership training and earns participants college credit. The class teaches situational leadership and focuses on the camper, not the activity. Course curriculum and objectives, course elements, and lessons learned about program improvement…

The literature shows that state federations of labor should be, and many are, actively involved in current state literacy initiatives. The United States must develop a coherent and comprehensive system of lifetime education. This will require a greater commitment of public and private resources to education and training. Too many employers are…

Most major workplace literacy programs involve unions. Organized labor's current leadership in worker education and training is not a continuation of earlier activities but an expansion of union interest and activity that is unprecedented in the history of organized labor. These efforts do not rely on public funding, because many unions have…