This document presents the founding conference report for the Society for Field Experience Education (SFEE). The report covers the proposal to establish the SFEE and presents papers and workshop reports. Papers and workshop reports cover the concept of experiential learning, preparation for field experience, field experience objectives and their…

Outdoor education is described in this booklet as the current solution to the need for reinforcing abstract learning with concrete experience. Other basic needs met by outdoor education are effective learning, realism in education, environmental literacy, recreative experience, basic concepts, and awareness. Major topics include extending the…

A picture story about the preparation of a child for school is presented. Topics included are: the early years, the changing process, individual differences, preparing for learning, preparation for reading, learning with others, self-reliance, self-care, sharing, preparation for the future, reading readiness, and creativity. (CK)

Sixty-one introductory psychology students were randomly assigned to two experimental treatment which consisted of either high or low ego-involving instructions. The entire experimental procedure, including the administrations of Spielberger's Trait Anxiety Inventory and State Anxiety Inventory, is elaborated. Results support the notion that state…

This document presents the results of a survey conducted to determine whether students involved in student government view this work as a leisure or learning experience. A sample of 91 students at California State College, Long Beach were surveyed. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire that sought demographic information and attitudinal…

A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF GENERALIZATION AS A MAJOR MECHANISM OF TRANSFER OF TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED. A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO MEASURE THE FORM OF GRADIENTS OF GENERALIZATION IN TRANSFER OF TRAINING, EXTINCTION, AND RELEARNING TESTS. THE SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF 480 MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO WERE TOLD TO RESPOND TO THE SECOND OF A…

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS AS RELATED TO TEACHER-PUPIL INTERACTION, TO CLASSROOM CLIMATE, AND TO CREATIVE ABILITIES OF THE TEACHER WAS STUDIED. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF THE ORIGINAL 127 MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, GRADES 6-12, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS STUDY GROUP (SMSG) EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS EVALUATION PROGRAM (1959-60). DATA…

This booklet describes some initial work on environments at the early childhood level; special emphasis is given to the experiences of first-grade children with the medium of tri-wall (triple thick cardboard). Experiments at Nueva over the past two years (1971-1973) indicate children at this developmental level seem to gain great satisfaction when…

Based on recording transcriptions of Ralph W. Tyler's responses to questions by a panel of University of Wisconsin-Extension professors in July 1973, this booklet is presented as an extension of what Tyler has to say in his book, "Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction" (University of Chicago Press)--but said in the context of…

Those teachers who feel uncomfortable in crossing disciplines still believe in process learning, problem solving, humanizing education, and relating subject matter to total learning. That is what a Field Trip Course is all about. (Author/RK)

Active participation in a 12-hour operating room experience seemed to provide one group of medical-surgical nursing students with a broad range of clinical nursing experiences leading to rapid, integrated learning of knowledge and skills and increased self-confidence. (Author)

The author, an experienced substitute teacher, described her exciting encounters in the classroom. The ideas have implications for all of us. (Editor/RK)

At the Learning Center for Anthropology at Santa Fe Community College (Gainesville, Florida), various experiences using different types of media were substituted for the traditional academic menu. (Author)

The principles of participatory learning are reviewed in a self-examination. Once the reader has selected his answer to a question about teaching/learning, the author indicates which answer is the correct one, and why. Parallels are drawn between learning to play bridge and other types of learning situations. (AJ)

The authors believe that the most imperative problem facing the investigators and consumers of group treatment research is the limited level of conceptualization within the field. They discuss the differentiation of group and individual treatment and offer a conceptualization of group treatment goals by which to consider the research. (Author)