This article presents guidelines to the teacher for planning and conducting a field trip. (SJL)

The author discusses the philsophy behind and methods for developing an educational camping program. (MB)

Describes benefits of planning field trips well in advance. Briefly describes nine steps for creating successful field trips. Emphasizes value of visiting site, discussing trip with site staff, and introducing topical material to students before trip. Recommends adequate supervision, enforcing student discipline, and planning meals. (TES)

A well-planned field trip can be a valuable experience or a nightmare if a teacher has not provided for every possible contengency. Guidelines are included for organizing, planning in advance, chartering buses, knowing students, conducting, and evaluating the field trip. (Author/ND)

Discusses the planning and preparation necessary to make field trips economically justifiable and educationally worthwhile. Student orientations and positive motivation are essential for successful fieldtrips. A description of a well-planned field trip to Rockport, Massachusetts, for a high school portfolio art class is included. (AM)

Describes the Arts in Education Program developed in rural Pennsylvania schools. It is made up of educational leaders, artists, community members, university faculty, teachers, students, board members, and an Arts in Education staff. The team works to improve the quality of life and education for students through the arts. (MD)

Presents tips for organizing and conducting effective science-related field trips. Topics include: Develop a Thematic Approach; Engage Expert Leaders; Provide Important Creature Comforts (transportation and facilities); Supply Useful Learning Materials; Provide Delicious Creature Comforts (food); Create a Comfortable Networking Environment;…

Traces the development of Illinois Bell Telephone Company's collaborative work with educators in career education and how career education fits in with the company's educational relations program, including procedures for company instructional visits to schools and a pilot learning center. (MF)

This guide, developed by the State Project to Implement Career Education (SPICE) in New York, is intended to serve as a model to assist teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and project staff in using business and community resources in career education programs. The first section of the guide contains information on ways of updating and…

To provide guidance for geography teachers, this booklet presents information on how to plan and execute aerial field trips. The aerial field trip can be employed as an effective visual aid technique in the teaching of geography, especially for presenting earth generalizations and interrelationships. The benefits of an aerial field trip are…

This chapter describes the development of a set of programs called "History Comes Alive," a series of historical simulations and interactive experiences for students at heritage sites in Ontario. The programs allow students from Ontario and New York to relive the past by spending 3 days and 2 nights in a simulated historical setting. In…

The Career Guidance Institute, an inservice education activity for educators in South Portland public schools, was designed to create a climate of sharing, action, and communication among educators, students, and businessmen. The format of the inservice programs included visitations to industry or businesses representing 1 of 10 selected career…

The guide provides a series of checklists and guidelines to assist Quebec outdoor education teachers and/or leaders and their principals in planning safe, enjoyable, educational experiences for elementary and secondary school students. The basic planning checklist itemizes specific tasks under eight categories: (1) preliminary discussion with…

Based on the practical training experience of sixteen school districts and two universities which comprise the Wisconsin Career Education Consortium, this report presents training strategies for a variety of community-school collaboration efforts. Eleven training strategies are presented: (1) providing an in-school visitation day for business…

A supplement to six previous bibliographies, this bibliography provides access to some of the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in outdoor education. Part I contains 47 citations and abstracts which appeared in "Resources in Education" (RIE) from the January 1976 issue through the December 1976 issue. Part…