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Wolins, Inez – School Arts, 1978
Designed for schools too small to have an artist-in-residence program, the Artist's Environment Program allows students to visit studios of local artists/craftspersons. To attempt an understanding of the artist's role in society and working environment, students videotape their visit for later classroom discussion. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Community Resources, Field Trips

Phillips, Susan J.; Endslow, William – School Arts, 1981
Describes a museum experience for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders designed in the form of a treasure hunt/questionnaire. This tour format, which does not require the presence of an art specialist, was used at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Field Trips

Forster, Brenda; Prinz, Andrew K. – Teaching Sociology, 1988
Discusses the objectives, characteristics, and outcomes associated with a joint "sociology-urban studies, travel-study, minicourse program." Describes how students in a four-day, two-credit-hour course travel to cities such as Washington, DC and Toronto to be exposed to different cultures, organizational structures, and social arrangements.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Higher Education, Program Descriptions

Swartz, James E. – Journalism Educator, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Field Trips, Higher Education
Woolf, Norma Bennett – Momentum, 1979
Believing that confinement of students within the same four walls does not lead to the best learning, a sixth-grade teacher took his students 20 miles into the country to work on their science lessons, where they used all of their senses in a unique hands-on farm environment. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Farm Visits

Music Educators Journal, 1979
This article suggests that teachers make use of the special student performances offered by many city opera companies. It discusses advantages and disadvantages of these programs and what the teacher might expect of them. The educational programs of 22 American opera companies are described. Part of a theme issue on opera. (SJL)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Services, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Whiteurs, Sandra West – Momentum, 1979
QUEST/Inner City Catholic Youth Organization has developed the Career Guidance Field Experience (CGFE) program, designed to serve Black and Latin inner-city youth. Emphasis is on personal development, self-awareness, understanding of external systems, and the exploration of realistic career choices. The program is described. (KC)
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1976
This instructional handbook describes a program in which children are taught reading in relation to artistic media. It describes the staff, training, and a typical schedule. Program activities include reading workshops on vocabulary instruction, comprehension, and study skills; art workshops on crafts, puppetry, super 8 film, mixed media,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Field Trips
Gass, Michael A. – 1983
A collection of information from the "Learning by Sharing in the Outdoors" workshop provides brief summaries of each workshop session along with lists of human, community, and bibliographical resources available to outdoor education practitioners, the workshop itinerary, and promotional brochures. The 18 workshop topics included:…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Conservation Education, Educational Resources, Environmental Education

Carroll, Rives – Social Studies, 1985
Describes a year-and-a-half-long history project that involved elementary students in exploring their community's past. Students took field trips, interviewed community persons, taped oral histories, painted murals, and produced a dramatic musical based on their community's history. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Study, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education
Snow, Charles W.; And Others – Dimensions, 1991
Describes a preschool curriculum unit that includes activities designed to help prepare young children for medical treatment, visits to hospitals, and health care. (BB)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Dramatic Play, Field Trips
Mielke, Nedra S. – 1988
This document describes a project in which elementary school students explored the problems experienced by early pioneers and compared them to similar problems that will face future space pioneers. Comparing a past way of life to the present and future helps students examine and understand change in the physical, social, and cultural environment,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Improvement
Whipple, Vicky – 1987
The Career Education and Training for Teen Parents Program at Kishwaukee College (Malta, Illinois) included a vocational orientation and preparation curriculum that focused on nontraditional occupations and local labor market trends. The class met three days a week for six weeks, with most class sessions including a field trip to a local job site.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Spence, L.; Medlicott, J. – 1982
This collection of teaching and resource materials is designed to help middle school teachers put marine perspectives into their lessons. Materials are organized into three parts. Part 1 describes the preparation and maintenance of brackish water aquariums, marine aquariums, and touch tanks. Activities related to and sources of information on…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Knapp, Clifford C.; And Others – 1986
Third in a series on utilizing outdoor education methodologies to enhance the academic curriculum, the guide contains lesson plans and case studies for teaching grades 3-10 social studies. The lessons are designed to further student awareness of personal and social responsibility toward the environment through the use of outdoor experiences which…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Conservation Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Education
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