Includes three articles: "Planning Curriculum for Entrepreneurship Education" (Noll); "Individualizing Entrepreneurship Instruction" (Herbert); and "Teaching Interpersonal Skills in Entrepreneurship" (Stull, LaBonty). (SK)

Situated cognition, the concept that learning is integrally situated in everyday activity, enables more accurate understanding of adult learning. Authentic activity, involving situations requiring actual rather than simulated cognitive processes, may be a better basis for adult education. (SK)

Action learning often challenges existing rules, experiments with truth, questions the efficacy of mediating institutions, and leads to significant personal and social change. Examples are found in the behavior of different people with widely varying backgrounds and motivations who embarked on paths of action learning that led them to change. (JOW)

Suggested nature activities include (1) sensory experiences to distinguish all characteristics of various objects; (2) adopt-a-tree activities where children learn about "their own" tree; (3) finding evidence of animals in nature; (4) nature questions of the week with prizes for correct answers; and (5) activities related to the…

Teaching students to fish not only develops a lifetime leisure skill but also leads to an understanding of aquatic ecosystems and encourages student connection with the natural environment. Addresses educational benefits of incorporating fishing into environmental education and describes how two fishing programs successfully met objectives of…

Introduction to theme issue. Focuses on the need for experiential educators to examine critically the philosophical foundations and assumptions of their field in search of absent realities and hidden contingencies that reproduce culturally oppressive practice. (SV)

Questions the assumption that ecotourism will connect people to nature and foster conservationist attitudes. Discusses the history of ecotourism and the dangers of relying on an economic rationale for conservation. Suggests that the typical ecotourist experience may be too short to develop feelings of place and may result in social constructions…

Part of the process model of experiential learning (EL), this article presents tables of methods and techniques for engaging learners in EL in class and in the field. Suggestions for coordinating and integrating in-class and field-based experiences are made. (SK)

Claims that current environmental education curricula seem to have little effect on behavior. Proposes a service-oriented curriculum addressing the same information, but emphasizing application of the knowledge into action in the community. (KS)

Principles of Technology is an interdisciplinary course with a hands-on approach based on Unified Technical Concepts. Adaptable for all levels of students, it provides a means of integrating academic and vocational education. (SK)

Technology education at the elementary level involves hands-on, appropriate activities to introduce children to tools and to enhance their personal growth, creativity, and understanding of the world. Manipulation of materials can make abstract mathematical concepts concrete. (SK)

Serious studies are underway that may help outdoor experiential training (OET) shed its faddishness and gain credibility as a legitimate instructional methodology. Only those programs that include clear objectives, skilled facilitation, a plan for transferring training back to the job, and credible evaluation and followup will be effective and…

Experienced trainers can foster professional values and attitudes in other trainers by facilitating reflection in action--a process of examining assumptions underlying practice during practice. Techniques such as curriculum review and videotaping provide opportunities to critique performance. (SK)

Describes an experiential learning-based management course in Nigeria that uses team building as a way of achieving organizational objectives. Appendices outline course structure, content, and activities and describe the team consolidation and group process. (SK)

Presents suggestions to help teachers enhance class trips to the museum, noting today's museum outreach programs are very useful. After describing what museums have to offer, the article explains how to plan such a trip and how to make the trip run smoothly. A list of must-see museums is included. (SM)