Institutions granting credit for life experience are faced with obstacles related to the complex, sensitive, threatening, and ambitious nature of the procedure. A three-step process for implementation of a plan for developing credit for life experiences is provided, along with a dissenting opinion. (MLW)

Reviews history, purposes, achievements, and resources of the National Audubon Society, incorporated in New York in 1905 and now providing educational services through 443 chapters to people of all ages and on all aspects of the environment. (NEC)

Recounts the unique partnership in science instruction developed between Nassau and Suffolk County (New York) schools and the Bronx Zoo to provide educational experiences for handicapped and mentally retarded students. Discussion focuses on a five-phase program developed for 200 elementary secondary students from Rosemary Kennedy Center through…

Addresses the issue of whether there is reasonable justification to warrant public school sponsorship of adventure programs; considers accident rates, advantages and values, legal implications, and program implementation effects including staffing, facilities, equipment, and scheduling. Concludes that adventure education is a healthy, valuable,…

Describes a two-year campaign by ninth grade students in an English class to get state and national legislation recognizing an annual Children's Day passed. The steps of the campaign and the language arts and social studies learning used by students are discussed. (AM)

Adolescent work experience is often proposed as developmentally significant. This study attempts to demonstrate that different work settings expose youth to substantially different experiences. Opportunities for learning, initiative and autonomy, and interaction are examined in six job types commonly held by adolescents. (SK)

A workshop addressed the philosophy, practice, problems, and promise of the concept of experiential learning in graduate schools and looked at programs and practices of the American Council of Education and Central Michigan University in evaluating learning experiences which students have had prior to their matriculation in graduate programs.…

Describes advantages of students spending a productive year outside of the academic environment before being admitted to college. Advantages include personal growth and development, appreciation of education, and work experience. Suggests colleges might require this year before admittance. (RC)

Portfolio assessment, designed after the model disseminated originally by the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning (CAEL) project, has become the assessment technique of choice in prior learning programs as well as the foundation for adult degree programs. Innovations and changes in the assessment process are discussed. (Author/MLW)

The purpose in teaching a negotiation course is to stimulate law students' awareness of both their own capabilities and limitations as negotiators. It is anticipated that students will develop an understanding of how to recognize, control, and cope with the demands of personality interactions. (MLW)

As law schools shed their pervasive elitism, clinical training will grow in scope and importance. Lawyers who meet the demands of a broad-based clientele cannot function with the limited skills that traditional education has provided. Law schools will have to train people to operate independently. (MLW)

Discusses computer programs and courses offered to children and teachers at the new Future Center at the Capital Children's Museum, and describes the displays and activities of the communications exhibit and Kid-Net, a minicomputer based time-sharing system for which a series of computer programs for use by visitors will be developed. (RBF)

Using a tour of Detroit as a case study, this article explains how a well-designed urban tour can make large-scale processes visible to students. Information is presented on ways in which the Detroit tour helped students think analytically about large-scale processes and about how teachers can adapt the Detroit format to tours of other cities. (DB)

Precise transcript development is vital to the articulation and transfer of credit. The transcript, the institution's award of credit, must present the institution's relation to experiential learning; transcription practices must allow institutions to communicate with third parties. Sample transcripts are provided. (MLW)

Present efforts by colleges to develop new learning opportunities for adults are characterized as a highly significant movement that seeks to meet the needs of many millions of adults, in the judgment of a former chancellor of universities and university systems. (Author/MSE)