Twelve institutions with experiential learning programs in higher education were selected to develop practical models that could be useful to similar institutions. Attention was to be focused on either or both of two areas of concern for experiential learning programs: the establishment of criterion standards for assessment and the financial…

The holistic nature of the human experience and the reality of human functioning need to be considered by the industrial arts profession; an overemphasis on psychomotor functioning to the exclusion of affect and cognition, will ultimately win the profession neither acceptance nor effectiveness. The nature of learning involves a range of…

This elementary curriculum is a vehicle to provide manipulative activities that reinforce academic skills through meaningful, relevant, activity-based awareness of modern society. The twenty-six activity plans included in the curriculum place a major emphasis upon realistic or concrete experiences that deal with the manipulation and exploration of…

This paper relates philosophical and psychological concerns in formulating a theory of teaching and learning. The laboratory exercise is shown to be a paradigm case of the theory, and a means by which students can be taught to think. The laboratory exercise is presented as a means to demonstrate a facet of the conceptual nature of science and to…

This paper offers a rationale and introduction to three innovative techniques which provide initial counseling experiences to trainees in the helping professions. The development of a cooperative program with the drama department to train and utilize drama students as coached clients is described as the first technique. The second technique is…

HIGHER EDUCATION HAS THREE OBJECTIVES--TO TEACH THE STUDENT ABOUT HIMSELF, TO PREPARE HIM TO LIVE A WORTHY LIFE, AND TO PREPARE HIM TO EARN A LIVING. TO MEET THESE GOALS, THE INDUSTRIAL EXECUTIVE'S SPECIALIZED TRAINING IS SUPERIMPOSED ON A BROAD GENERAL EDUCATION WHICH PROVIDES HIM WITH HIS MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS, THE ABILITIES TO SPEAK AND WRITE…

A special Career Guidance program was implemented for a group of gifted and talented eleventh grade students at River Dell Senior High School (Oradell, New Jersey). Ten students and two alternates were selected from fifty-two applicants to participate in this program, which included both laboratory and shadowing experiences. Activities were…

The collaboration between the University of Massachusetts and English High School in Boston is a model that attempts to address the staff development needs of secondary schools and their faculties in the context of an on-site degree program. The following interdependent elements comprise the program: (1) an undergraduate, school-based, preservice…

There are training dilemmas which are characteristic of medical settings. Clinical psychology students interning in a hospital setting are unfamiliar with the hospital culture, and the demands of patient care require a practical active approach. Experiences with training clinical psychologists to consult with pediatricians are reviewed. Disparate…

Planning an expedition, particularly an expedition to climb Mount McKinley, can appear monumental. Not only must the obvious items like food, equipment and personnel be carefully planned, but attention must also focus on "insignificant" items like applications and reservations which, if forgotten, could mean the difference between a…

Six school sites were visited to evaluate the work being done there in the third and final year of the Ohio Experience-Based Career Education program (EBCE) for secondary students (primarily 9th and 10th graders). Evaluators interviewed school staff, present and former EBCE participants, and employers in the communities. Questionnaires were also…

The possibilities for community-based learning at the secondary level are discussed. Experiential learning opportunities are perceived as legitimate experiences occurring in nonschool settings that may serve as alternatives to formal curriculum or as means for augmenting classroom learning. Practical suggestions are made for the teacher who wishes…

The author explores the utility of educational games in elementary and secondary social studies classes. Separate sections of the paper discuss types of games, similarities among formal games and social studies topics, educational game design, and examples, advantages, and limitations of educational games. Game playing in society is described as…

These materials, consisting of a trainer's manual and a participant's manual, are designed to meet the need for a balanced approach to training counselors and other helping professionals in group counseling and group facilitation skills. The emphasis of these materials is on the experiential aspect of training through exercises designed to promote…

This bulletin for kindergarten teachers comprises five papers about the use and value of play in the kindergarten curriculum. Topics discussed include the values of various pieces of indoor and outdoor play equipment commonly found in the kindergarten; the nature of young children and their learning; the definition of play; the teacher's role as…