In order to meet the needs of youth and allow them to participate constructively in shaping society, alcohol education is a necessary and critical area in which society must exhibit direct, honest, and guiding concern. (Author/RK)

Whether children study prehistoric life or impressionism, museums can enhance classroom learnings if you know how to get the most out of each group visit. (Editor)

Author focused on the experience of learning and on the collaborative context in which it thrives. (Author/RK)

An eighth grade social studies teacher at the East Brook Junior High School in Paramus, New Jersey, prepared a Bicentennial teaching kit designed to enhance the educational experience of students learning about their state or entire country. (Editor/RK)

This article discusses a program that sent students into the community to learn about health problems faced by the urban poor. Knowledge learned while in the field was tested and compared with scores obtained by students taught in the classroom only. (JS)

HOW STUDENTS SAY THEY LEARN WAS INVESTIGATED. INTERVIEWS WITH A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 74 WOMEN STUDENTS POSED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE, FREQUENCY, PATTERNS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH ACTS OF DISCOVERY TAKE PLACE IN THE ACADEMIC SETTING. STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED DISCOVERY RATINGS BASED ON READINGS OF TYPESCRIPTS. EACH STUDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AND…

EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS WERE USED WITH 20 SIXTH-GRADE CLASSES, RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING--(1) A COURSE OF STUDY IN A SERIES OF 21 LESSONS, 20 MINUTES IN LENGTH, ON GUIDANCE WHICH WAS PRESENTED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO THE "TV GROUP," AND (2) THE SAME COURSE OF STUDY, PRESENTED TO THE "TEACHER-LED…

A self-renewing college is sensitive to the changing needs of each learner, its goals meet the learning expectations of students, its teachers translate these expectations into measurable teaching objectives, and it constantly revitalizes education. Present faults of general education include fragmented curricula, teacher orientation to national…

An induction guide to help the extension agent get acquainted with his role and suggestions for completing learning experiences that are included in the guide comprise this two-part publication. The training guide learning experiences, a total of 25, are made up of: Objectives of the New Worker; When Completed; Learning Experiences; Person(s)…

Takes up the discussion initiated by Michael Armstrong and David Hawkins (FORUM, 17:2 and 17:3) on the reconstruction of knowledge and the relationship of knowledge and individual experience and intuition. (Editor/RK)

Students broadcast fun and learning from their own radio station. (Editor)

This article suggests an alternative valuation approach and method based on "phenomenology" or "personal constructs" in the evaluation of management training. The approach is that learning and its application depend, not on the direct influence of externally located objects, but on how the learner experiences and evaluates…

The "erotetic" theory of teaching, which is defined by the statement "To teach someone something is to answer that person's question about some subject matter," is clarified and defended in this article. (CJB)