Experiential Learning

 

 

Experiential learning is inductive, learner centered, and activity oriented. Personalized reflection about an experience and the formulation of plans to apply learning to other contexts are critical factors in effective experiential learning. Students will experience the learning through plans learning opportunities that will allow then to connect their learning with real world experiences. The emphasis in experiential learning is on the process of learning and not on the product.

 

 

Field Trip

 

A field trip is a structured activity that occurs outside the classroom. It can be a brief observational activity or a longer more sustained investigation or project. Prior to the field trip students should know where they are going and what they are going to see or find out. After they explore the aim of the activity, students should reflect on what they experienced. The reflections can be structured, semi-structured or open.

 

 

Narrative Essays

Narrative essays are told from a defined point of view, often the author’s, so there is feeling as well as specific and often sensory details provided to get the reader involved in the elements and sequence of the story.

 

 

Simulations

A simulation is a form of experiential learning. Simulations are instructional scenarios where the learner is placed in a “world” defined by the teacher. They represent a reality within which students interact. The teacher controls the parameters of this “world” and uses it to achieve the desired instructional results. Simulations are in way, a lab experiment where the students themselves are the test subjects. They experience the reality of the scenario and gather meaning from it.