Discusses the need to prepare nurse managers so that they will be effective in using the techniques of one discipline--management--to achieve the goals of another--nursing. Points out the need for systematic educational and experiential preparation for this complex job. (JOW)

Describes a museum's 10-week summer education program for elementary school students. In a nineteenth-century setting, students assume the role of adults and create an American West community. Tasks include blacksmithing, weaving, farming, carpentry, and printing. (KC)

Describes a 1978 study undertaken at the University of California-Davis on the evaluation of the stockbrokers internship program. (JOW)

Explores many facets of paradoxical communication in interpersonal encounters; and presents a structured interpersonal exercise which provides students with experiential learning in how to identify and deal effectively with many subtle manifestations of paradoxical communication. (Author/CMV)

Describes a simulation exercise designed to illustrate the effects of incentives on individual and group behavior. Examination of game-generated data suggests that the schemes affect both individual and group behavior. (Author/CMV)

An account of the kinds of creative learning experiences preschool children can be exposed to if the teacher organizes a group neighborhood walk for the children in an imaginative way. (CM)

Explains how a teaching method such as allowing students to raise gerbils at home can encourage students to gain experience with the fundamental techniques of operant conditioning which are otherwise generally unavailable to students in large introductory psychology courses. (DB)

Describes the various displays and activities which make up a traveling exhibit, "Reflections: The Child in America." The exhibition is designed to enhance understanding of American children's lives and experiences from colonial times to the present. (SS)

A review of reading research supports the notion that providing opportunities for children to develop rich experiences prior to beginning reading is essential. Further, there are definite links between these experiences and the development of cognitive structures that provide the basics for comprehension. (HOD)

Suggests inventorying and mapping the features of the school yard so that it can be used as a ready learning resource. Sample schoolyard learning activities for each elementary grade and various subject areas are provided. (SJL)

Outlines the history and present activities of an organization of child-centered educators in France. It was founded in 1926 by Celestin Freinet. (IRT)

Argues that a librarian's traditional roles--keeper and retriever of knowledge, readers' advisor, information specialist--are most valid in the experiential learning process. As a place that voluntarily attracts many patrons who lack higher education, the library can serve as a "broker" between them and the educational institutions.…

The article discusses the rationale for adopting a seemingly unrelated vehicle, such as cooking, for teaching gifted and other children such diverse subjects as geography, history, and language, and relates this to the concept of synectics (which holds that all subjects are interrelated). (Author/DLS)

Case study of Australian farmers participating in group extension instruction indicated that local knowledge may remain dormant unless social interaction allows it to emerge. Group interaction facilitated the integration of local and scientific knowledge. (SK)

Reviews the literature on the relationship of adventure education and experiential learning to spiritual experiences and development. Discusses definitions of spirituality, religion, and related terms; two frameworks for integration of psychology and spirituality and their application to experiential education; specific strategies for integrating…