Adventure Education for the Classroom Community: Over 90 Activities for Developing Character, Responsibility, and the Courage to Achieve

by Frank, Laurie; Panico, Ambrose

• ISBN13: 9781879639713
• ISBN10: 1879639718
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781934009000
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Solution Tree
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Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
About the Authors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xii
Part I: Getting Started
Classroom Communities	3	(6)
Adventure Education Is Experiential	9	(6)
The Experiential Learning Cycle	15	(16)
Understanding the Life Cycle of the Group	31	(10)
Part II: Activities
Getting Acquainted	41	(36)
Learning to Trust and Depend on Each Other	77	(40)
Setting Goals	117	(30)
Using Communication Skills: The Big Picture	147	(10)
Active Listening, Talking Turns, and Using ``I'' Messages	157	(54)
Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution	211	(84)
Part III: Going Further
Putting It All Together: Community Meetings and Activities That Make Them Productive	295	(20)
Making the Core Curriculum Relevant: Community Service and Service Learning as Experiential Education	315
The Road Ahead	345
Appendixes
Additional Resources	349
References	351
Index of Activities	353