Since 2007, the Lessons from Auschwitz Project organised by the Holocaust Education Trust, has taken groups of Scottish senior school students (between 16 and 18 years) and where possible an accompanying teacher from their school, to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum as part of a process of increasing young people's knowledge and…

This paper shares the results of a study on the benefits which an experiential education program has on students in the K-12 range. The study was carried out at a bilingual North American-style college preparatory school located in Colombia, South America. Research was based on experiences obtained through the coordination and implementation of an…

Evaluated were the effects of a curriculum model combining mainstreaming and field-centered educational experiences on 201 handicapped, normal, or gifted high school students (13-17 years old). The model, studied over a 4-year period, was based on the importance of relating classroom activities to the reality of society and the advantages of…

Operation TACT (Toward an Allied Health Career Today), conducted in Hartford, Connecticut, was a cooperatively planned program integrating allied health education into the secondary level curriculum and offering educational opportunities to minority and disadvantaged students. The evaluation report opens with a historical summary of the project, a…

In 1992, the 7-year-old Community Study Visits program was given a new organizational structure to coordinate its aims with those of three European Community programs: PETRA, FORCE, and EUROTECNET. A cooperative network of representatives of the Member States, the National Liaison Officers, was set up. The success of visits depended on the…

An addendum to the final evaluation report (ED 130 950) of a senior high school Humanistic Studies Program is presented. The program was begun in the 1972-73 school year at Woodson High School, Washington, D.C. The program purpose was to provide interdisciplinary academic and cultural experiences to students in grades 10-12 in art, music, history,…

Discusses the Close Up Foundation's sponsorship of social studies students' trips to Washington, D.C. Describes one school's experience of planning and financing the trip, as well as its public forums and club for students to gain experience in politics and citizenship. Reports a study of Close Up participants, their political attitude…

Project BITE (Business-Industry-Training-Education) was conducted to determine if career decisions of inner-city high school students can be influenced by career training in the areas of career information, career exploration, and job development. The study was also planned to provide information about how schools can achieve maximum benefits from…