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From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      World School for Adventure Learning (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 06:59 CST
From: RHOLSON@stthomas.edu
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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.

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

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.


GOALS

The World School and the Consortium for Adventure Learning are
creating and will sustain an ever-growing:

* 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

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


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,

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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