
ERIC Number: ED377008
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Nov
Pages: 326
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Experiential Education: A Critical Resource for the 21st Century. Proceedings Manual of the Annual International Conference of the Association for Experiential Education (22nd, Austin, Texas, November 3-6, 1994).
Association for Experiential Education, Boulder, CO.
These proceedings comprise descriptions of approximately 120 workshops and presentations. Entries range from short workshop descriptions to full-length papers. Topics cover various bases, applications, and outcomes of experiential learning techniques, including community-based experiences for at-risk secondary students, using the Internet, personal development through adventure activities, techniques for facilitating "flow" during challenge activities, evaluating program effectiveness for adjudicated youth, legal liability and risk management, theoretical and philosophical foundations of experiential education, story telling, expeditionary learning, survival education, experience-based training and development for corporations, feminism in outdoor experiences, instilling empathy and self-esteem in at-risk and abused youth through adventure programs, stress management, wilderness programs, adventure family therapy, outdoor leadership training, ethical decision making, maintaining emotional safety in groups, research on experiential education, spirituality in experiential education, and development of experiential education in other countries. Appendix contains an index of presenters. (SV)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Group Activities, Group Dynamics, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Individual Development, Outdoor Education, Program Development, Workshops
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Association for Experiential Education, Boulder, CO.
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