/experiential-education Experiential Education en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:55:36 GMT /teaching-learning/students-learn-more-from-inquiry-based-teaching-international-study-finds/2019/10 A experiment involving 17,000 students in four countries finds gains for inquiry-, or problem-based teaching over traditional approaches. Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:55:36 GMT /teaching-learning/students-learn-more-from-inquiry-based-teaching-international-study-finds/2019/10 /leadership/opinion-dont-force-group-work-facilitate-experiential-learning/2018/11 69´«Ă˝ often find group work frustrating, divisive and unsuccessful. Experiential learning principles frame group activities to be engaging, meaningful, and effective. Thu, 15 Nov 2018 21:03:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-dont-force-group-work-facilitate-experiential-learning/2018/11 /teaching-learning/how-school-business-partnerships-can-boost-experiential-learning/2017/07 A report on business-education partnerships offers insight for K-12 educators as they seek to provide experiential learning, especially in career and technical education programs. Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:21:33 GMT /teaching-learning/how-school-business-partnerships-can-boost-experiential-learning/2017/07 /leadership/opinion-democratic-school-communities-in-unexpected-places/2017/03 If we want to build a broad, majority coalition for democratic educational reform with a strong emphasis on communities, we need to look in places that are not part of the conventional progressive horizon. Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:00:00 GMT /leadership/opinion-democratic-school-communities-in-unexpected-places/2017/03 /teaching-learning/opinion-experiential-education-should-be-apart-from-schools-and-colleges/2017/02 David Randall, Communications Director of the National Association of Scholars, makes his third set of comments in our discussion about his report. He agrees that civic learning can never be reduced to only those things that can be learned in a classroom. But he thinks citizenship and experiential education should take place out of school. Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-experiential-education-should-be-apart-from-schools-and-colleges/2017/02 /teaching-learning/video-a-little-preschool-in-the-woods/2017/01 At Audubon Nature Preschool in Chevy Chase, Md., a “classroom” can be a pond, a bamboo forest, a meadow, or a garden. That’s because Audubon is a “nature preschool”—one of a growing number of preprimary schools around the country where children spend all or part of their days outdoors and in all kinds of weather. Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:43:51 GMT /teaching-learning/video-a-little-preschool-in-the-woods/2017/01 /teaching-learning/video-using-americas-national-parks-as-classrooms/2016/11 The National Park Service offers hundreds of lesson plans, virtual resources for schools, and professional development for teachers. Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:04:41 GMT /teaching-learning/video-using-americas-national-parks-as-classrooms/2016/11 /teaching-learning/opinion-national-parks-at-100-outdoor-classrooms-for-experiential-learning/2016/08 Our national parks offer educational opportunities to narrow the "experience gap," write Milton Chen and U.S. National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:14:49 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-national-parks-at-100-outdoor-classrooms-for-experiential-learning/2016/08 /teaching-learning/opinion-against-field-day-experiential-education-shouldnt-be-a-one-day-event/2016/06 To be meaningful and worthwhile, "field experiences" should be coherent within students learning, thoughtfully planned, and provide opportunities for reflection and feedback. Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:39:25 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-against-field-day-experiential-education-shouldnt-be-a-one-day-event/2016/06 /policy-politics/opinion-education-abroad-six-things-you-need-to-know-about-experiential-learning/2016/05 To increase the number of students studying abroad, we should encourage experiential learning opportunities alongside the traditional semester and yearlong programs. Mon, 16 May 2016 19:00:26 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-education-abroad-six-things-you-need-to-know-about-experiential-learning/2016/05 /teaching-learning/opinion-the-power-of-experiential-learning/2016/04 Experiential learning can inspire and prepare today's students for jobs that have yet to be invented, writes Hampshire College president Jonathan Lash. Tue, 12 Apr 2016 23:44:04 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-the-power-of-experiential-learning/2016/04 /teaching-learning/opinion-learning-by-doing-the-case-for-experiential-education/2016/02 69´«Ă˝ learn better when they are actively engaged in the learning process. This is a lesson that I have learned time and time again on outdoor trips, and one that was reinforced on the survival skills course from which we just returned. Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:41:01 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-learning-by-doing-the-case-for-experiential-education/2016/02 /education/opinion-school-starts-again-complicated-feelings-and-high-hopes/2013/09 Perhaps in schools of the future, with experiential learning and creative problem-solving at the heart of the curriculum, kids will await the end of summer as a time to return to an experience that will so honor their needs and nature as to make the prospect of school actually seem better than vacation. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:32:31 GMT /education/opinion-school-starts-again-complicated-feelings-and-high-hopes/2013/09 /teaching-learning/students-conduct-fieldwork-for-scientists-research/2013/05 Through "citizen science" projects, students leave the classroom to collect data for scientists and get hands-on experience. Mon, 06 May 2013 15:57:34 GMT /teaching-learning/students-conduct-fieldwork-for-scientists-research/2013/05 /education/bay-studies/2006/03 A Oakland, California-based environmental group has developed an online curriculum designed to help teachers incorporate “experiential” conservation activities into their lessons. Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:45:34 GMT /education/bay-studies/2006/03 /education/n-c-center-offers-experiential-rewards-for-talented-teachers/1991/06 Deep inside a dark, dank cavern the size of a football field, a guide illumines a few discreet lamps to accentuate dazzling rock formations. At just the right moment, when a group of two dozen explorers has grown still, the leader of the group presses a button on a tape player and the strains of the chorale from Bach's Cantata No. 78 pierce the air. Wed, 19 Jun 1991 14:00:00 GMT /education/n-c-center-offers-experiential-rewards-for-talented-teachers/1991/06