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Youth Socialization Via National Service, Donald J. Eberly
Youth Socialization Via National Service, Donald J. Eberly
Special Topics, General
As a frame of reference for this paper, I have chosen the 1977 keynote address given by Harry Silberman to the Society for Experiential Education. At that time he outlined "five major arguments against using work experience as a vehicle for the socialization (of youth) to adulthood."
Experiential Learning Theory And Learning Experiences In Liberal Arts Education, Ronald Fry, David Kolb
Experiential Learning Theory And Learning Experiences In Liberal Arts Education, Ronald Fry, David Kolb
Service Learning, General
Experiential learning theory can be used to diagnose and understand both learners and learning environments. The results suggest guidelines for making liberal arts education more meaningful to learners by providing them an opportunity to develop adaptive competencies related to career success.
Toward Cognitive Development Through Field Studie, Barbara A. Hursh, Lenore Borzak
Toward Cognitive Development Through Field Studie, Barbara A. Hursh, Lenore Borzak
Higher Education
Although field study is as ancient as the apprenticeship concept, field study programs have been recreated in recent years as innovative features of many colleges and universities. These programs are as diverse as the institutions that sponsor them. Some are part of cooperative education plans whereby students alternate between a term on campus in regular classwork and a term off-campus in paid employment. Others combine working and studying in the same term. Nearly all have as a primary objective exposing students to a world or perspective beyond the traditional classroom, usually for the purpose of advancing career planning.
The Ideal Characteristics Of Foxfire Type Projects As Perceived By Teacher Advisors, Robert Dennis England
The Ideal Characteristics Of Foxfire Type Projects As Perceived By Teacher Advisors, Robert Dennis England
Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship
Eliot Wigginton, after six weeks of classroom teaching at the Rabun-Gap Nacoochee School in rural north Georgia, was frustrated because he found that his students were not interested in the courses he was prepared to teach. He had graduated from Cornell University in May 1966 with a master's degree and had come to Rabun-Gap to instruct mountain children in English and geography. He realized, fortunately, that if his students were bored it was he who had bored them. He believed that it might be better him to seek another career (Wigginton, 1972).