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'The things we have to learn before we do them, we learn by doing them.' Aristotle
"Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; le..."
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Scooped by Beth Dichter |
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Beth Dichter's insight:
What is experiential learning? This post explores this concept, with a list of "principles as articulated by the Association for Experiential Education" and also eight images that compare experiential learning to a more traditional classroom.
Finding projects that help students understand key concepts is one way for us to include experiential education in our classroom. The images provided in this post may spark your imagination.
Biology, history, religion, foreign language, math - irrespective of the topic, in order for it to be real, it must be experienced. Authentic texts and situations can be created through drama and other arts based projects. This is the base - now add all of the extra tools and methods, in context.
Thx Beth Dichter