This study examined the moral growth effects on 18 college students of year-long participation in ACTION, a volunteer antipoverty program. While scores on the Defining Issues Test did not indicate increased moral growth, students generally viewed their agency learning experience more positively than their university classes. (Author/SJL)

Any policy of educating people for relationships incorporating the use of small groups should be based on an understanding of the method and the necessary training, according to the author, who discusses various group work practice methods that have been used and problems in some of the techniques. (MF)

Reviews the conceptual differences among the various kinds of learning experiences which are provided for adults, particularly by employing organizations. Also examines labels and semantics, implications of the various concepts, who should bear the responsibility for human resource development, mutual expectations, fade-out of unused skills, and…

An analysis is proposed which reduces the concept of imagination to certain logically distinct forms and modes of imagining. This analysis is related to contemporary definitions of the educated person. Implications for moral education are presented together with an examination of philosophies which oppose development of children's imagination.…

Subjects named or categorized a picture preceded sometime earlier by itself or by its verbal label, as well as a word preceded by itself or a pictorial counterpart. Pictures clearly profited more when the task was naming, whereas words profited more when subjects performed a categorization task. (Author/GDC)

This lecture cites the need for teachers to use all the learning environments available to them, especially the outdoors. Outdoor education can make the educational process full of wonder and excitement; it can also develop humanistic characteristics that permit children to become worthwhile citizens in society. (DS)

Describes the training of sixth and seventh graders in helping with preschoolers' play sessions. Students met with the writer for a half-hour discussion afterwards. The training helped them understand normal development and learning of communication skills to facilitate caring for and interaction with young children. (Author/JAC)

Discusses the organization of a course in English centering on student needs and interests. (RK)

Being able to learn on one's own requires independence of thought and implies that a student be able to develop inquiry and interest without being guided, helped, led, or motivated by a teacher. (JD)

Describes a workshop for solving conflicts and exercises pertinent to the workshop's objective of getting students to know and cooperate with each other in the classroom. (RK)

The experiential approach brings the trainees into a systematic training process that emphasizes their personal experiencing. Simulation materials bring the learning process exposure to many varied aspects of the counseling situation and enable counselor trainees to learn one counseling skill at a time and receive immediate feedback on their…

Asserts that if used correctly, with forethought and respect to the Montessori philosophy, technology will advance and complement the experiences made available to children. Addresses the integration of technology into the Montessori elementary classroom focusing on the learning environment and the reduction of teacher time spent on tedious tasks.…

Describes an art lesson that focuses on the technique "repousse." Explains that the lesson teaches students about art concepts, such as rhythm, repetition, pattern, and design. Discusses in detail how the students use this method and includes materials and learning objectives. (CMK)

Focuses on the use of movement in the music classroom to teach young children. Addresses the benefits of using movement and includes guidelines and teaching suggestions for incorporating movement into the music classroom. Offers a sample lesson for lower/middle elementary and middle/upper elementary students. (CMK)

Discusses how teachers can incorporate musical composition into their classrooms by teaching students about aleatory, or chance, music. Provides a definition of aleatory music and provides various composing techniques, focusing on aleatory music. Includes lesson plans using aleatory music, such as the "Mozart Model" for grades 4-12. (CMK)