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50 Years of ERIC
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Are Good Teachers Born or Made? A Canadian Attempt at Teacher Midwifery.
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Horwood, Bert – Journal of Experiential Education, 1985
Describes Queen's University of Kingston cooperative/internship approach to educating teachers for a variety of experiential settings. Outlines program offerings which include special studies in group process, curriculum design, wilderness crisis management, mobile comparative studies of experientially based programs, and a final internship. (NEC)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries
Shedding Light on Night Learning.
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Horwood, Bert – Journal of Experiential Education, 1986
Shows how darkness and night provide a potentially excellent arena for experiential learning opportunities. Recommends learning must be gradual, beginning with appreciation and allaying fear of the dark. Suggests sensory activities, hikes, games, aquatic activities, ecological simulations, historical presentations, and writing or reciting poetry.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Fear, Games
Southwestern Sojourn.
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Horwood, Bert – Journal of Experiential Education, 1983
Discusses the common characteristics of experiential education programs and administration in public and private elementary, secondary, and alternative high schools in Colorado and New Mexico. Also discusses the attributes of an effective outdoor education leader and how those attributes are acquired, based on interviews with Southwestern outdoor…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Leadership Qualities
The Ceremonial Elements of Non-Native Cultures.
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Horwood, Bert – Journal of Experiential Education, 1994
Explores reasons behind the wrongful adoption of Native American ceremonies by Euro-Americans. Focuses on the need for ceremony, its relevance to environmental education, and the fact that some immigrant cultural traditions neither fit this new land nor value the earth. Suggests how non-Natives can express their connection to the land by creating…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Camping, Ceremonies, Cultural Context
Excerpts from the Kurt Hahn Address at the October 1992 AEE International Conference.
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Horwood, Bert – Journal of Experiential Education, 1993
The recipient of the 1992 Kurt Hahn Award proposes that the most prominent social problem today is alienation, which is related to the faulty relationships that the dominant society has to the land and to Native people. One road to healing involves assimilation of indigenous virtues such as honesty, respect, sharing, and strength. (LP)
Descriptors: Alienation, American Indian Culture, Change Strategies, Consciousness Raising
Tasting the Berries: Deep Ecology and Experiential Education.
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Horwood, Bert – Journal of Experiential Education, 1991
Experiential education can provide a framework for transmitting and inculcating the values and philosophy of deep ecology. The ideal outdoor experiential program would include the deep-ecology principles of (1) knowledge and sense of place; (2) wholeness of self; (3) identification with nature; (4) integrity of program practices with espoused…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Holistic Approach