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- Date: 8 Jan 93 19:30:23 GMT
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- [Forwarded by Patt Bromberger]
-
- UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS
- WORLD SCHOOL FOR ADVENTURE LEARNING
-
- Imagine students collecting data from remote sites and exchanging
- ideas with fellow students, explorers, and scholars worldwide. Also
- imagine students "talking" to explorers engaged in real adventures at
- the North Pole, on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, or on a
- mountaintop in Antarctica.
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- Now all that is possible -- and much more!
-
- Taking advantage of vanguard technologies, the World School for
- Adventure Learning provides an environmental education program that
- promotes interaction between students and the entire world -- a program
- that inspires curiosity, environmental stewardship, and true
- adventure in the classroom.
-
- As part of the World School education program, schools develop study
- projects focusing on environmental concerns in their own communities.
- Then by telecommunications, each school joins a circle of schools who
- are engaged in similar local projects. Adventurous studies are
- already underway on such topics as waterway eco-systems, wildlife
- migration and habitat, land reclamation, trans-boundary pollution,
- and traditional environmental beliefs.
-
- Linked by an international electronic network, groups of circles
- worldwide collaborate on common environmental topics and regions of
- study, even sharing multimedia simulations for global environmental
- adventures.
-
- Finally, World School adventures -- like the International Arctic
- Project -- help students stretch what they've learned locally to
- regions considered to be barometers of global environmental health.
-
- THE INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC PROJECT
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- The World School and the Consortium for Adventure Learning are now
- focusing on the 1995 International Arctic Project -- a multi-national
- expedition, led by explorer Will Steger, across the Arctic Ocean by
- dog sled and canoe.
-
- The Arctic is an especially suitable laboratory for the World
- School's premier adventure and for the student's first stretch to
- global learning. One of the most pristine regions of the planet, the
- Arctic is beginning to show alarming signs of contamination from
- world industry. The Arctic wildlife is a compelling interpreter of
- environmental health. The art, music, and traditional knowledge of
- the peoples of the North teach environmental wisdom.
-
- The expedition plays an integral part in the local study projects.
- In addition to the challenge of Arctic exploration, the explorers
- provide students with valuable observations and comparative data that
- is transmitted, on a daily basis, to all participating schools. A
- host of Arctic scholars and scientists also join the electronic
- community to guide students in their adventurous studies at home.
-
- Students will follow the International Arctic Project's training
- expeditions in 1993 and 1994, in preparation for the 1995 Arctic
- crossing. In the meantime, the World School will be developing new
- adventures in other regions of the world.
-
- MISSION
-
- It is the mission of the World School for Adventure Learning to
- engage students, grades 4-12 worldwide, in an adventurous study of
- the global environment, so that they become hopeful stewards of the
- earth.
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- GOALS
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- The World School and the Consortium for Adventure Learning are
- creating and will sustain an ever-growing:
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- * Global telecommunications network of schools for on-going,
- interactive environmental studies.
-
- * Environmental education program based on adventure learning
- connected to inspiring, real-time events.
-
- PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
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- All World School programs, like the premier International Arctic
- Project, share three principles of design. Each program is:
-
- * Adventurous. Students are active in real-life, real-time
- exploration.
-
- * Global. Students communicate with explorers and scholars worldwide
- in comparative studies of global environmental systems.
-
- * Interdisciplinary. Students are engaged in an environmental
- education that is holistic -- about wisdom, not just science.
-
- THE CONSORTIUM FOR ADVENTURE LEARNING
-
- *University of St. Thomas
- *Indiana University Center for Excellence in Education
- *Expeditions Unlimited, Inc.
- *MECC
- *Hamline University Center for Global Environmental Education
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- HOW TO JOIN THE WORLD SCHOOL FOR ADVENTURE LEARNING
-
- A yearly subscription fee of $85(US), any personal computer and
- modem, an active address on the INTERNET, and a lot of enthusiasm
- will qualify schools for World School programs.
-
- World School enrollment will be limited in 1993 and 1994. By 1995,
- in time for the International Arctic Project cross-Arctic trek, the
- World SchoolUs telecommunications lines will be open to all
- adventurous schools.
-
- To apply for membership in the World School, write to David Duffee or
- Jane Giacobassi,
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- World School for Adventure Learning
- P.O. Box 4097
- St. Paul, MN 55104
- USA
-
- If you prefer, send an INTERNET message to:
- j9giacobassi@stthomas.edu
-
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