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Gass, Michael – 1982
Points on teaching students to be creative, practical techniques used to help creativity flourish, and the role of creativity in learning in the outdoor classroom are explored. Suggestions for encouraging creativity in the outdoors to occur are: to make use of the ample assortment of ways the outdoor environment can stimulate each student; to…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Baker-Graham, Abi – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1994
Argues that outdoor education is, in its own right, a creative form of learning. Draws parallels between stages of personal development in real life and in caving (as an example of outdoor education). Includes citations from Maslow's work that are applicable to outdoor and adventure education activities. Notes the importance of preparing outdoor…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Creative Development, Creativity, Discovery Learning
Carrick, Moe – Zip Lines: The Voice for Adventure Education, 2000
Adventure consultation for businesses has the power and the tools to foster creative genius and grow corporate soul, to counteract the gravitational pull of corporate normalcy, referred to as the "corporate hairball." As the adventure consultant industry grows, it must beware of choking on its own hairballs. Five warning signs of…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Change Agents, Consultants, Corporate Education
Watson, Jerry J. – 1985
Literary gaps were identified by Wolfgang Iser in 1974 as "vacant pages" that invite the reader to reflect and enter into the text thereby motivating students to experience the text as reality. Arthur Applebee, in 1979, identified three categories to distinguish children's types of interaction with stories: (1) the complexity of literary…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Creative Expression, Elementary Education
Download full textAnnarella, Lorie A. – 1992
The use of creative drama in the classroom is a student-focused process where experiential learning can be fostered and developed within any given curriculum. It can help students to develop divergent thinking skills, inventive creativity, and cognitive thinking skills, and it can stimulate the development of oral and written communication skills.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Creative Development
Peer reviewedAdams, David Wallace; Pasch, Marvin – History Teacher, 1987
Describes National History Day, an annual event in which students compete for state and national prizes awarded for the quality of their self-selected historical research projects. Evaluates the contest as an educational program, suggesting some implications it has for the teaching of history in the schools. Describes various student experiences…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Educational Experience, Experiential Learning, History Instruction
Peer reviewedSchank, Roger C.; Farrell, Robert – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1988
Discussion of the potential of computers in education focuses on the need for experiential learning and developing creativity in students. Learning processes are explained in light of artificial intelligence research, problems with current uses of computers in education are discussed, and possible solutions using intelligent simulation software…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
