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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM. – 1978
A supplement to seven previous bibliographies, this bibliography provides a guide to some of the latest resource material, research findings, and/or developments in outdoor education. Part I contains 68 citations and abstracts which appeared in "Resources in Education" (RIE) from the January 1977 issue through the October 1977 issue.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Camping, Conservation Education
Williams, Larry A. – 1979
The 1979 Project Leadership-Service Conference, focusing on promoting the "Leader as Servant" leadership philosophy and facilitating self-discovery and personal development of participants, was conducted at Camp Miniwanca in Michigan for 50 Marion County high school seniors and 125 inner-city elementary school 6th graders from…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Grade 6
Babcock, William – 1974
The final book in a 5-book day camp manual is a questionnaire developed by the Ontario Camping Association to help directors of children's summer day camps check camp operations, principles, and procedures, and to help them determine how and where a camp can be improved. The questionnaire, to be completed by the director with the aid of another…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Children, Day Camp Programs, Equipment Standards
FitzSimmons, Michael – 1980
Prepared for an outdoor education program that features day trips to a rural camp in Ohio, this guide stresses environmental education and interpersonal skills. Written for grade five, the guide contains a student handbook for camp activities followed by a brief section for teachers. The introductory section of the student handbook states the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Behavioral Objectives, Day Camp Programs, Environmental Education
FitzSimmons, Michael – 1980
Environmental education and interpersonal skills are stressed in this guide for an outdoor education program that features day trips to a rural camp in Ohio. Written for grade six, the guide contains a student handbook for camp activities followed by a brief section for teachers. The student handbook begins with the program goals, a map of the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Behavioral Objectives, Day Camp Programs, Environmental Education
Railton, Esther P., Ed.; Railton, Edward, Ed. – 1976
In cooperation with the Hawaii 2000 Outdoor Education Center, a summer ecology course for teachers on the Island of Hawaii developed and conducted an environmental school in Hawaiian outdoor education for 18 children between the ages of 9 and 13. Thirteen teachers enrolled in a California State University field course in environmental education…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Camping, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides
Loughmiller, Campbell – 1965
The benefits of outdoor camping for disturbed boys whose difficulties require treatment outside the home are described. The variety of emotional handicaps handled by group technique and direct experience with natural surroundings at Camp Woodland Springs outside of Dallas, Texas, and the reactions of the boys participating in this residential…
Descriptors: Camping, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Shoreline School District 412, Seattle, WA. – 1972
The goals of this project were to solve the educational problems of providing an instrumental music curriculum and achieving physiological and social changes through dance for children in special education classes (K-12). Innovative methods emphasized were: 1) neuromuscular skills set to music; and, 2) a modification of the Orff methods and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Dance, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Hill, Amie; Herman, Richard – 1998
Based on structured interviews with Interlocken students, staff, parents, and alumni, this book presents a historical account of the international coeducational camp, Interlocken, founded in 1961, and its practice and philosophy of experiential education. Section 1 explains the innovative summer-camp/youth-travel mission of Interlocken and its…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Cultural Exchange, Experiential Learning
Daley, Paul F. – North Carolina Journal of Outdoor Education, 1979
The Eckerd Wilderness Educational System provides emotionally disturbed children with alternative education in a year-round wilderness camp setting. Journal availability: see RC 503 504. (SB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Counselors, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Education
Brown, Jessie – 1991
Three studies determined if the Summer Step reading program (a residential camping program implemented on the campus of Camp Baskervill Episcopal Outreach of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, using a personalized, contextualized reading approach) was effective, if children's self-esteem was enhanced by participation in the program, and if the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Hammerman, Donald R.; And Others – 1985
Outdoor education has been a viable part of American education for the past 40 years. This book traces the development of outdoor education and is intended to address a variety of factors relating to the outdoor education programs that exist today. Chapter one, "Why Teach Outside the Classroom," contains sections which provide a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
American Camping Association, Martinsville, IN. – 1986
The 1986 American Camping Association (ACA) annual report reviews the year's achievements and outlines goals for the future. An introductory message from ACA President Jean McMullan notes successful fund raising to improve the association's national headquarters, passage of federal legislation exempting camps from paying federal unemployment…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Awards, Camping, Child Abuse
Henderson, Karla, Comp. – 1985
Eight abstracts provide key points of papers presented at the 1985 meeting of the Camping Research Section of the American Camping Association. Topics discussed were: the effects of a one-week resident camp experience on environmental attitudes, goals and accomplishments of the National Outdoor Education Consortium for Research and Evaluation, the…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Attitude Change, Camping, Continuing Education
Rosenstein, Irwin; Donaldson, George W. – 1977
The culmination of educational experiences in the outdoors is the resident outdoor education program. Involving teachers and pupils living and learning in the natural environment, the program emphasizes the development of human values and provides students with learning opportunities that focus on direct, real, and relevant experiences. Intended…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
