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Mann, Anthony; Rehill, Jordan; Kashefpakdel, Elnaz T. – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
This study, commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), is designed to review current evidence on the most effective ways in which employers can support schools to improve pupil educational and economic outcomes. It is a study in three parts. It aims, first, to conceptualise employer engagement in education as a strategic tool,…
Descriptors: Employers, School Business Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Smith, Barbara – Technical Writing Teacher, 1980
Presents a variety of examples showing the practicability of experiential learning in technical writing courses. (RL)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Technical Writing
Keeton, Morris – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
The best learning results from experiential learning, the interplay between theory and experience. In experiential learning, the student is in direct touch with the realities being studied. It involves not merely undergoing the experience, but also doing something with the phenomenon. Theories of experiential learning include: (1) learning how to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews
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Shehan, Patricia – Music Educators Journal, 1985
Meaningful learning occurs through personal encounters with the music, rather than through verbal substitutes. Evidence, including research, that learning by doing is a valid and realistic premise for designing general music curriculas and lesson strategies is discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Melaville, Atelia; Berg, Amy C.; Blank, Martin J. – Coalition for Community Schools, 2006
Education is the foundation of democracy. As such it must work for all young people. Yet far too often young people disengage from learning and do not reach their full, human potential. Community schools--places where partners come together to offer a range of supports and opportunities for children, youth, families, and communities before,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Community Education
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Huot, Brian; Williamson, Michael W. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1989
Argues that student journals provide the basis for helping students learn to teach themselves and explore their attitudes and beliefs about writing, and strategies for writing. Reviews the historical uses of journals, the different educational uses of journals, and the use of the journal in the writing classroom. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Experiential Learning, Postsecondary Education, Student Journals
Day, Lynton; Sharp, Robert – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1993
Making errors can be a salutary learning experience. The problem in outdoor adventure education is to protect the error makers from real harm, which requires careful structuring of the learning situation. Discusses error limits, how much error correction is appropriate, involving participants in decision making, video playback and debriefing…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Error Correction, Experiential Learning, Feedback
Owens, Tom – 1981
Research on the effectiveness of career exploration as viewed by 1100 senior high school students involved in Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) projects in 16 states is reviewed. Results suggest that the learning potential of community experience can be improved in the following six ways: (1) offering challenging work; (2) selecting…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Literature Reviews
Mechling, Kenneth R.; Oliver, Donna L. – Principal, 1983
Research shows that hands-on science education is more effective than a textbook and lecture approach. This suggests that the "new curriculum" introduced in science classes in the seventies was more effective than was thought. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Discovery Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education
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Grant, Linda; And Others – Teaching Sociology, 1981
Using a tour of Detroit as a case study, this article explains how a well-designed urban tour can make large-scale processes visible to students. Information is presented on ways in which the Detroit tour helped students think analytically about large-scale processes and about how teachers can adapt the Detroit format to tours of other cities. (DB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
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Hurst, Joe B.; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1983
Over 50 phases and sub-steps common to decision-making processes are discussed in an effort to create a clearer view of individual, group, social, and political decision making. The discussion is intended to encourage social studies teachers to use an action-oriented approach to teaching decision-making skills. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wood, Fred H.; Thompson, Steven R. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Research on adult learning suggests that direct and concrete experiences where the learner applies what is being learned are an essential ingredient for in-service education. Abstract, word-oriented talk sessions are not adequate to change behaviors. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Inservice Teacher Education
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Prather, J. Preston – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 1989
The use of field trips for both conceptual and factual learning and affective objectives is discussed. Discussions on the general perception of field trips, perceptions from the perspective of research, implications for science education, and conclusions are presented. (KR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
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Dale, Karen Lewis – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
The change in literature students from those with a strong literature background to those of the "Me" generation who have little exposure to critical reading is explored. Their subjective experiences applied to literature study can be more beneficial than traditional critical theories. (HTH)
Descriptors: College English, Critical Reading, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Warrick, D. D. – Journal of Experiential Learning and Simulation, 1981
Discusses leadership style theories and offers an integration of the theories by describing typical characteristics, skills, philosophies, and consequences associated with each major style. An experiential exercise is described which portrays the major styles and the productivity and satisfaction each is likely to produce. Nine figures accompany…
Descriptors: Administrators, Contingency Management, Employee Attitudes, Experiential Learning
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