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Kriesberg, Daniel – Legacy, 2001
Offers reminders and tips for improving interpretive walks, including having a theme, drawing on basic teaching methods, drawing on all senses rather than just talking, being a role model to show how learning can be fun, using picture books, using tools of the trade to encourage visitors to learn for themselves, and playing games. (PVD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Interpretation, Experiential Learning, Informal Education

Gass, Michael A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1985
Examines theories of specific, nonspecific, and metaphoric transfer of learning and outlines 10 factors and techniques to assist adventure educators in linking challenging experiences to students' future learning. (LFL)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
Hollweg, Karen S. – 1997
The Volunteer-led Investigations of Neighborhood Ecology, or VINE Program, gives children opportunities to discover and investigate the plants, animals, and ecological relationships that exist right in their own neighborhoods through hands-on natural science investigations. It was established by Denver Audubon Society members as an urban education…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning

Bragaw, Donald H. – Social Science Record, 1989
Encourages educators to use participation projects to develop active, socially concerned citizens. Views school as a place where students learn to negotiate problems and issues of society. Provides examples of projects where students and teachers plan integrated units using social studies as the basis for teaching. (NL)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Elementary Education

Lurie, Elinore E.; Ovrebo, Beverly – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Describes the content and instructional techniques used in a college course on program evaluation. Discusses the use of cooperative learning methods and fieldwork as instructional strategies. Maintains that student evaluations indicate the course achieved its objectives. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions
Burke, Christa; And Others – 1982
This manual assists teachers in integrating three major components into a law-related education program: classroom visits by resource people, student field experience, and peer or cross-age teaching. Material is divided into five sections. A rationale for law-related education and background information on the Constitutional Rights Foundation are…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Fromberg, Doris Pronin – 1995
Examining problems and questions related to full-day kindergarten, this book deals broadly with early childhood curriculum design and development. It suggests specific step-by-step ways to plan an emergent curriculum based upon integrated, dynamic themes that grow out of children's diverse personal and cultural experiences. Addressed to teachers,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL. – 1992
The Sharing Success program, recognizes exemplary public school programs and practices in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Each year, SERVE emphasizes a specific program area for recognition based on one of the national goals for education. This "Sharing Success" publication…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education