Describing a developmental model and efforts during the first year of a three to five year plan to develop an experiential program in Harrison District #2 (Colorado) patterned from Outward Bound, this report concentrates on five major areas of concern. A section on developing a support structure describes activity-based workshops, during which…

Presented is one of a series of resource guides designed to provide students with an improved mathematics program. This guide emphasizes real-life situations focusing on the operation of a store. Classes are divided into grocery, meat, produce, drugs, and hardware sections at the beginning of the course. Students learn how to organize, collect,…

This journal highlights six papers by international authors on various topics in education. Written in French with a summary in English, the first article discusses the analysis of the regulatory effect and corrective value of three kinds of feedback (stereotype, specific, and feedback with self control) on preoperational subjects. The second…

Educational objectives and brief course descriptions are presented for music instruction, grades K-8, Montgomery Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland. The system recommends that students in grades K-6 receive 100 minutes of general music instruction weekly. Objectives for these grades include development of musical perception through a wide variety…

This guide presents an outline for establishing a service-learning program for college level students preparing for a career in working with older adults. The following procedures are described for developing practicums and fieldwork programs: 1) establishing program goals, 2) program staffing, 3) selection of service-learning sites, 4) developing…

Identification of the basic skills and roles in field experience education should answer the question "Can and should educators identify a set of basic skills required for effective performance in experiential learning as part of general education?" New roles required of students in using experiential learning opportunities include initiator,…

This USMES unit challenges students to develop an outdoor area to help others appreciate nature. The teacher resource book for the Nature Trails unit contains five sections. The first section describes the USMES approach to student-initiated investigations of real problems, including a discussion of the nature of the USMES "challenges" and of…

This USMES unit challenges students to find effective ways to manage and/or conserve school supplies. The teacher resource book for the School Supplies unit contains five sections. The first section describes the USMES approach to student-initiated investigations of real problems, including a discussion of the nature of the USMES "challenges" and…

This USMES unit challenges students to find ways of developing and maintaining a well-run classroom. The teacher resource book for the Classroom Management unit contains five sections. The first section describes the USMES approach to student-initiated investigations of real problems, including a discussion of the nature of the USMES "challenges"…

This USMES unit challenges students to find out what information helps most in accurately predicting the weather. The teacher resource book for the Weather Predictions unit contains five sections. The first section describes the USMES approach to student-initiated investigations of real problems, including a discussion of the nature of the USMES…

A Graduate International University System is proposed. Past efforts, such as the Fulbright Act, are reviewed and the need for an international approach to graduate education is explored. A wider definition for the meaning of a university is presented: one that encompasses a program of immersive experiences and personal interaction (the…

Coastline Community College has developed a series of guides to assist adults who wish to obtain college credit or advanced standing in evaluating and verifying their non-college learning experiences. This guide lists the competency requirements of six courses within the Accounting program: two Principles of Accounting courses, Intermediate…

The Camp Chinkapin program, begun in 1957-58 as a pilot program for the State of Oregon, provides all sixth grade students in Crook County (Oregon) with a 5-day session in a resident camp setting in the early summer. The book serves as an introduction to and workbook for students attending the Crook County Outdoor Classroom at Suttle Lake. The…

This article focuses on an urban field-based teacher education program which emphasizes reading in three content areas: (1) reading/language arts; (2) science; and (3) social studies. Included in the report is a summary of the program including: (1) program goals; (2) objectives for each of the three content areas; (3) text books, periodicals, and…

The priorities for sustaining life--air, shelter, water, and food--are the subjects of this module designed to give junior and senior high school students the foundation for safe, rewarding experiences in the outdoors. Five 50-minute lesson plans cover the basic need in order of priority: air (3 minutes to survive without it), shelter (3 hours, in…