ERIC Number: ED176908
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Nov
Pages: 19
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City Experiences. Guidelines for Urban Adventures.
Thompson, Doug; Rooney, Jim
The booklet provides guidelines, concrete curriculum plans, and rough ideas on urban adventure programs for suburban high school students. Following an overview that explains a three-phase organizing theory (exploration, focusing, action) for urban programs, there are descriptions of: a student-organized and conducted architectural tour of New York City; a program based on an urban scavenger hunt for ninth graders in traditional schools in the Denver area; an intensive 5-day experience in Denver for an alternative high school; 19 specific urban awareness activities that involve observing, questioning, and synthesizing; ideas for written projects based on urban conditions in New York; how and where to find and interview resource people in a city; and a 3-day urban experience for teachers run by the Colorado Outward Bound School. A list of 15 "process skills" necessary for successful urban adventures is included, as well as a discussion of teacher liability during city experiences. (SB)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Architectural Education, Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Grade 9, High School Students, Human Resources, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Nontraditional Education, Outdoor Education, Perception, Program Descriptions, Program Guides, Secondary Education, Self Directed Groups, Skill Development, Suburban Youth, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Workshops, Traditional Schools, Urban Areas, Urban Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado (Denver); New York (New York)
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