Part of the process model of experiential learning (EL), this article presents tables of methods and techniques for engaging learners in EL in class and in the field. Suggestions for coordinating and integrating in-class and field-based experiences are made. (SK)

The author defines field service programs (or experiential programs) and suggests that this type of program is necessary for today's information-rich, experience-poor student. He describes the field service program at Coker College (South Carolina) which has three types of sponsored internships. (KC)

Review of the history of clinical education at Yale Law School focuses on the influence of practitioners versus scholars. Discusses evolution from practitioner-based apprenticeship approaches, to university-based legal education, to student attempts to inject a measure of realism into theoretical studies through work in local legal aid offices, to…

Earthwatch, a nonprofit clearinghouse that places interested amateurs on scientific expeditions, has sent over 3,000 people to work with 350 scholars. This article describes experiences of a young woman doing archaeological fieldwork at a 300-year-old California mission. (DS)

Implications from common themes underscore the need to redefine and expand the purposes of professional education and to consider experiential learning programmatically in relation to these purposes. Other implications relating to program design and to how we view and manage the process of learning are summarized. (Author/MLW)

The amount of learning will be primarily affected by the quality of the student's questioning. If the student is passive, the internship will become only a part-time job or a training experience. But if the student is an active, constructive questioner, he/she will be participating in the central mission of higher education. (LRA)

The second of two consecutive articles on Earthwatch, this paper describes the archaeological excavation of a 4000- year-old Neolithic recumbent stone circle in northeast Scotland. The author, a teacher of anthropology and history, found through Earthwatch the opportunity for a hands-on experience. (DS)

Experiential education has served as a setting for therapeutic intervention in treatment of a communications handicapped young adult. Ways are reported in which newly-learned communications skills were successfully applied in an off-campus setting and transferred to campus and home. (Author/LBH)

The history of experiential learning in American higher education is outlined, and the rationale and learning objectives of this type of experience are addressed. Experiential education has resulted from an emphasis on practical knowledge. Although the colonial colleges focused on the classical curriculum, the scientific method of the natural…

Reforming university programs in educational administration should combine theoretical knowledge with practical application. Any changes must be spearheaded by such professional organizations as the NCPEA (National Council of Professors of Educational Administration) and the UCEA (University Council for Educational Administration). Texas A and M…

Well-designed experiential education programs have much to contribute to higher education and the benefits to student, faculty, institution, and participating comunity organization outweigh the costs. However, the program must be an integral part of the institution's overall instructional-curricular development to be effective. (MSE)

The programs of sponsored experiential learning can improve their bargaining position within the institution by practicing and demonstrating cost-effective forms of operation. Effective sponsored experiential learning programs can actually increase the cost-effectiveness of the host institution. (MLW)

Implications of the merger of field experience education and career education may be more significant for the workplace than for the campus, since it challenges the presupposition that education and work should be separated, and challenges the way drudge work is currently being done. It also poses new questions for the advocates of lifelong…

This paper discusses the use of field experience in teacher education and how it can be augmented by phenomenological case studies. It summarizes a particular case study involving three teacher education classes, noting that reflective analysis of cases can prepare students to observe in the field. (SM)

The application of structural-developmental theory to experiential education practice is discussed. The theory is based on the concept of stages, which are structurally whole, internally consistent systems of thought that organize the individual's understanding of, feelings toward, and actions on the world. Stage theory presents the image of an…