This paper constituted a plea for educators to ensure that the distinction between familiarity with literature and experience of literature is made. It provided a five-part plan for teaching to elicit the experience of literature. (Author/RK)

Authors discussed how to achieve a successful and meaningful program as well as how to motivate creative expression in pantomime, art number and spelling games. (Author/RK)

The present paper was an attempt to look upon word meaning as a process occurring within the individual's cognitive functioning. (Author/RK)

An alternative view of learning and an alternative view of research on learning are described in this paper. Learning is seen as a change in the conception of some aspect of reality and it is argued that learning has to be described in terms of its content. This line of research is intended to represent the learner's perspective and the…

Students are said to learn from experience in outdoor education, yet what they say they learn is not always taken seriously. Foucault's work is used in this article to examine two "flippant" comments made by students. Starting with these comments leads to an analysis of how experiences, students and meaning making processes in outdoor…

Discussed the game-like atmosphere teachers might want to create for fruitful listening experiences as well as describing illustrative games that can be used for such purposes. (Author/RK)

Enquiry learning can produce impressive cognitive and affective outcomes. However, there are different types/levels of enquiry. This hierarchy can be used to assess the degree of enquiry of an activity, to suggest how the enquiry level of an activity might be adjusted, to design enquiry activities, and to better sequence enquiry activities during…

The gulf between the curriculum and the extracurriculum can be bridged by bringing academic life into the dormitory. (Editor)

Article described Empire State College's efforts to recognize college-level learning outside the classroom and to grant academic credit for students' achievement without regard to where or how it was gained. (Author/RK)

Students turned their schools' blank walls into colorful murals thereby giving a satisfying sense of accomplishment. (Author/RK)

STEPHENS COLLEGE INTRODUCED A "HOUSE PLAN" IN THE FALL OF 1960 AS AN EXPERIMENT IN USE OF THE RESIDENCE HALL AS A CENTER FOR BOTH LIVING AND LEARNING. RESIDENT COUNSELORS AND FACULTY MEMBERS WORK WITH THE STUDENTS IN ANY ONE HOUSE, INSTRUCTING THEM IN A COMMON BODY OF GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES AND HELPING THEM WORK OUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL…

This article, part of a series compiled by the Division of Early Childhood Education, is intended to help elementary teachers develop the proper teaching methods, procedures, and knowledge of available materials for the implementation of industrial arts activities. The article includes sections on the theory of industrial arts in the elementary…

This book focuses on the affective dimensions of learning situations and discusses the need for dealing with the emotional aspects that are a part of every cognitive learning experience. Part 1 presents a model that allows systematically and predictably for the development of the whole child, taking account of readiness-awareness level and…