Educative style refers to the way individuals differ in their initiation, search for, absorption, synthesis, and critical appraisal of educative influences in their evnironment. (HMD)

By using the example of a community ecology project, the author examines the value of experience in education. A good educator provides a framework for examining experience that enhances it - allows experience to be assimilated, contrasted, evaluated, and integrated. (Author/PG)

A four-phase seminar (introduction, interpretation, involvement, and internationalization) was conducted by Iowa State University to inform foreign agricultural students about the transfer of agricultural technology information from the University to the farmers in Iowa. Field trips were an especially successful component of the seminar. (AG)

Teacher described a program in which students were stimulated to use their creativity in learning language and reading skills. (RK)

The program is directed specifically toward providing the basis for granting college credit for learning experiences conducted by business, industry, private organizations, and government. The author studies the program's evaluation, faculty, materials, subject matter, transferability, and site visits to view their implications and foresee…

Three classes of high school students participated in a four-day unit which focused on the dimensions of color and the psychological impact of color. (Author)

Report based on research conducted under contract N61339-67-C-0114 with the Naval Training Device Center, Orlando, Florida.

Knowledge gained from literature is not knowledge that can be classified, abstracted, and transferred to the general context of a body of knowledge such as constitutes psychology or sociology. Extensive literary examples demonstrate that literature can, however, enrich an understanding of what it is to interpret and make sense of things, increase…

IMPROVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OF READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC IN THE PRIMARY GRADES WAS SOUGHT. GOALS INCLUDED CREATING WARM, INVITING, AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCES, DEVELOPING DESIRABLE HABITS, SKILLS AND ATTITUDES, AND PROVIDING THE ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT WILL MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS. ALSO…

LEARNING THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES, AND PROCESSES ARE DISCUSSED, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION MARKED. EARLY DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON WHETHER LEARNING RESULTED FROM SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC STIMULI OR GENERALIZED RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. TODAY, MOST THEORIZING HAS CONCENTRATED ON SPECIFIC TYPES OF LEARNING,…

OUTDOOR LEARNING IS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE AS A METHOD OF LEARNING WHICH EXPLORES THE ADVANTAGES OF A CHILD'S INVOLVEMENT WITH NATURE. HIGH MOTIVATION, SOUND ENRICHMENT, AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARE SEEN AS OUTCOMES OF AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM. OUTDOOR RESOURCES CAN BE UTILIZED IN ANY COURSE AT ANY GRADE LEVEL IN ANY SCHOOL. A…

BOTH COGNITIVELY-ORIENTED AND RESPONSE-ORIENTED THEORIES OF PERCEPTUAL LEARNING ARE DISCUSSED AND CONTRASTED WITH A STIMULUS-ORIENTED THEORY. PERCEPTUAL LEARNING IS DEFINED AS AN INCREASE IN SPECIFICITY OF DISCRIMINATION OF THE STIMULUS INPUT. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED WHAT IS LEARNED IN PERCEPUTAL LEARNING AS () THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THINGS, (2)…

A written broadcasting internship contract has proved to serve the best interests of the intern, the school, and the radio or television station. Among other things, such a contract can specify the commitments of the intern and the advisors, the hours and times of station work, the academic credit to be earned, and the learning experiences to be…