Presents a brief review of the andragogical model of learning and reports on an attempt to implement the model. The activity involved a group of adult students who took a study tour of an Australian national park. (SK)

The basics of small claims courts are explained, along with teaching strategies for teaching about small claims courts. These include teacher presentations, guest speakers, class trips to small claims courts, and mock hearings held by students. (CT)

A backpacking course offered at the Pennsylvania State University teaches safety and proper use of equipment. This well planned course resulted in an appreciation for the outdoors, ecological awareness, self-reliance, and attainment of new experiences and skills. (CJ)

Natural history museums are ideal places to supplement the teaching and learning of health. (MM)

Describes the experiences of ten emotionally disturbed children and two teachers who took a 400-mile, 18-day bike trip. (JMB)

Describes a 12-day fossil hunting field trip in which 26 junior high students participated. (CM)

The author relates the ways in which a present day visitor to Greece will be reminded of ancient Greek history. The legendary hospitality, Greek statues, the landscape, Greek dances, gestures, and customs are some of the topics discussed. (Author/RM)

Hong Kong International School has made extensive use of city resources in teaching concepts of government, world affairs, urban geography, economic geography, and macro-economics, in ways that may be replicated in other urban centers. (MB)

The planning of a three-week, travel-study course in health education involved the determination of educational goals, setting a time framework, developing foreign contacts, structuring an itinerary, securing student participation and funding, conducting pre-trip orientation, and coordinating study results after the trip. (MB)

Describes how the British use museum visits as an opportunity for young people to place themselves in a wider context of time and place while learning about their technical heritage. (JOW)

Provides some brief suggestions for teaching students about color, including an activity for use during outdoor field trips or in local parks. Questions for provoking student explorations of color mixing and the functions of color in nature are provided, which use the scientific method as a model for structuring student observations. (PB)

Junior high school students on a field trip to Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay observed the fragile nature of a wetlands environment and learned the value of good conservation habits. (SH)

Reports on the findings of a study designed to investigate factors that influence the educational effectiveness of field trips for students. Recommends that a field trip should occur early in the concrete part of the curriculum and should be preceded by a relatively short preparatory unit that focuses on increasing familiarity with the learning…

Field trips provide students with a unique opportunity to experience science in an informal and natural setting. While being exposed to engaging learning environments, students can use their prior knowledge and experience. At the same time, they are applying newly acquired skills and knowledge. In this article, the authors outline field trip…

Photography makes an easy and excellent tool for teaching field biology courses, allowing students to study nature without harming it. This photographic technique is used in capturing images of vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants during class field trips, then making these images available for students to identify and study from a departmental…