Describes how the Community-in-the-Classroom (CIC) program works and the positive effects CIC has on students' learning and character development. Discusses the use of experiential learning, outlines the preparation for having community speakers in the classroom, and provides two examples of using guest speakers to teach about Vietnam and the U.S.…

Reports on the modification of a microbiology course to provide the laboratory component at the beginning of the time slot, tailor the lecture topics to relate to the laboratory component each night, and add an outside reading component. Reports that, following this format change, the retention rate increased from approximately 50% to 80%.…

Interdisciplinary clinical case studies in geriatrics were developed using active and problem-based learning approaches that simulate clinical environments. Feedback from their use in continuing education indicated that facilitators need interdisciplinary group skills, well-written discussion questions enhanced learning, and the presence of all…

Describes a summer externship program in Nevada which offers educators a stipend to spend 90 hours at a summer jobsite in their home community. Discusses the many benefits to educators and to employers. Discusses the author's experience in her summer externship, and the deep influence it had in her second-grade class teaching. (SR)

A camp's culture must be established in a way that maximizes the opportunities to fulfill the camp's highest priority goals and objectives. A camp director describes how his staff training emphasizes building relationships, a sense of community, and experiencing camp activities. Skill practice, safety management, policies, procedures, and…

Describes the techniques and challenges of processing learning activities in various contexts: large group or whole class, cooperative group or small learning team, and individually. Guidelines for teachers include: stay focused, listen and wait, identify goals, vary processing methods, affirm experiences and feelings, and seize teachable moments.…

Discusses an experiential learning situation that can successfully integrate corporate values and international growth in masters in business administration programs. Focuses on a teaching technique that emphasizes the realistic challenges that corporations face when growing an international company built on a strong ethical foundation. (Author/DB)

Views experiential learning as metaphor development. If a participant's enactment of a personal metaphor leads to an impasse during an adventure activity, this moment of "stuckness" is an opportunity to develop new images that generate new options for action. Facilitators must be sensitive to such situations and assist in widening…

Describes the experiences of a group of 24 Johnsburg (Illinois) High School students as they attended a White House press briefing (at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal) during their trip to attend the National Scholastic Press Association convention and to study media in the Washington, DC. (RS)

Describes the stages of the transtheoretical model of change, in which the locus of control is with the changer. Compares this to the action model of change widely used in experiential education, and draws upon experiences in adventure therapy to show how using the transtheoretical model in debriefing can make experiential learning more effective.…

A survey of 60 secondary agriculture students showed they appreciated the hands-on learning environment of aquaculture, found science and math concepts easier to understand, and gained practical skills. Although they rated aquaculture among their best high school experiences, few planned careers in it. (SK)

Claims that effective education brings the real world in face-to-face contact with students, enabling them to explore and examine ideas to reach new understanding based in actual reality. (Author/CCM)

For true learning to occur, participants in experiential programs must be given the opportunity to explore personally meaningful concepts that come from their own history, context, and feelings. The different stages of experiential learning and the role of the facilitator in connecting experiences to the ongoing life story of each participant are…

Five models of program evaluation--needs assessment, feasibility study, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, and cost analysis--are described, and how they differ from research is explained. Six groups of stakeholders are identified, reasons for doing evaluations are discussed, qualitative and quantitative methods are described, five stages of…

Discusses the need for increased emphasis on client relations in instructional technology programs of study and describes a graduate course that was developed to meet that need for experiential learning and practice. Explains the model of cognitive apprenticeship learning environments used which includes the sociology, methods, content, and…