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Eliseo Torres; Mario Del Angel-Guevara – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
For more than 20 years, traditional medicine of Mexico, the U.S. Southwest and other countries has been taught as a series of academic course at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in the United States. These courses focus on traditional uses of healing plants and rituals for students in higher education and the community. These courses…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Culture, Medicine, Program Descriptions, Hispanic American Students
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Droppert, Alida J. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This paper describes the culture of experiential community based learning at Central College, a rural liberal arts college in Midwestern, USA. Pre-service teachers use experiential community based learning to reflect on their personal growth in understanding the needs of diverse learners. Reflections demonstrate how the program contributes to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Preservice Teachers, Experiential Learning, Rural Areas
Correia, Ana-Paula; Yusop, Farrah Dina; Wilson, Jay R.; Schwier, Richard A. – Online Submission, 2010
This paper compares how two universities, Iowa State University and the University of Saskatchewan, exploit a service-learning and authentic learning approach to instructional design. Both programs emphasize student engagement and responsibility, as well as projects that have social significance. At the same time, the courses offered by the two…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Enfield, Richard P. – 2001
This paper explores how the 4-H youth development program is based on and conducted in a manner consistent with the philosophy of experiential education and Dewey's (1938) principles of interaction and continuity. The paper presents the history of 4-H relevant to an exploration of Dewey's influence on the program, asserting that it is within the…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, History
Rice, Patricia C. – 1982
An indoor simulated archaeology site for use in a college level introductory archaeology course is described. Housed in the basement of a building on campus, the site simulates an eight-layered French rock shelter. Layers contain "remains" of a microband of Neanderthals, a Lower and Upper Aurignacian group, an Upper Perigordian group, Magdalenian…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
McCall, Jeffrey M. – 1993
The media workshop and the media laboratory can fit meaningfully into the reforms of mass communication education, but there are distinct differences in their roles. The media workshop is a place where students can serve on-campus apprenticeships with a traditional media organization. The media laboratory is a futuristic media facility that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Mass Media
Bankston, Ronnie G. – 1998
The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa has made a commitment to establish and maintain partnerships with its Iowa Communications Network (ICN) based learning communities and with the institutions of higher education throughout the state that facilitate the delivery of experiential learning to students. In…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Ellis, B. G. – 1992
Perhaps the most important course in an advertising curriculum is the student-run agency. This paper describes a program instituted and carried out at Oregon State University from 1985 to 1989 which provided students with experiential training resulting in valuable real-client contact and strong portfolios, making students "hot…
Descriptors: Advertising, Case Studies, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Talbot, Wendy – 1992
This paper introduces the concept of emotional safety in outdoor programming. Information and protocols developed by the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School are included that outline procedures that staff follow in the event of an "assault" on any student, volunteer, or staff. For clarification, definitions are given for emotional,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Blanchard, Charles W. – 1992
This paper provides information about conducting adventure-based counseling using a ropes course with adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Active learning in the process of therapy is widely accepted, but it is not clear how the complex nature of that relationship works and how programs should be structured to facilitate change. Theoretical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Behavior Change, Experiential Learning
Cummings, J. R. – 1979
Educators sometimes fail to adequately bring about school community collaboration. To do so, cooperative policy adjustments must be made, such as the supportive network created in the Dallas "Adopt-a-School" Program. Too, implementation adjustments must be made in the development of an action-learning program such as the flexible…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Experiential Learning, Policy Formation, Program Descriptions
Hayes, Melissa – 1981
The Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Program was adopted and implemented to replace the traditional work experience program for senior year educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students at a public high school. The EBCE program had two major priorities--to create a set of learning experiences which were uniquely…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Experiential Learning, Mild Mental Retardation
McGlinn, Jeanne M. – 1999
Experiential learning, or learning by doing, fits newer conceptions about the process of learning. John Dewey's emphasis on experience as the key to real learning, Paulo Freire's criticism of the "banking concept" of education, and David Kolb's description of the cycle of experiential learning have changed the conception of learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, General Education, Higher Education
Sellnow, Timothy L.; And Others – 1992
Responding to persistent complaints made by graduate students whose goals did not include college teaching, the department of communication at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in 1991 expanded its internship offerings into the graduate program in the form of the Applied Thesis Option. Justification provided by the department to the graduate…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Educational Innovation, Experiential Learning, Graduate Study
Novak, Glenn D. – 1989
Most broadcast educators realize the importance of experiential learning as a tool for preparing students for careers in radio and television. An innovative new program was set up between West Georgia College and the Atlanta Branch of the National Archives. A pilot project involved six teams of two students each in a scriptwriting class. Students…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation
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