In the academic handshake, we enter into a cathedral of consciousness which brings forth a system of education where Experiential Learning plays a vital role. Experiential learning or “learning by doing,” is an essential constituent of the teaching methodology of present schools. It consists of structuring lessons so students can do work for themselves – and through meaningful experiences – commit information to memory. It is such a method of education which is based on self-directed activity, hands on learning and collaborative play.
Experiential Learning plays an impeccable role keeping knowledge and conceptual learning in mind. The students not only deal with real life situations but also go through case studies, research, surveys, problem solving and decision making activities which support student learning to its brim. Experiential Learning is envisioned as a transformation from instructivist to constructivist; from teacher centric to student centric; a focus on the system from local
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Children work in both groups and individually to discover and explore knowledge of the world and to develop their maximum potential. The students experienced various aspects or phases of real life by visiting SETIA PAPER MILL IN MUKTSAR, ANDH VIDHALAYA IN SRI GANGANAGAR, GRAM PANCHAYAM VILLAGE SITTOGUNO, BOTANICAL GARDEN DAV COLLEGE ABOHAR etc.
We actually work keeping in mind the experiential learning which is based on the following key areas:
CONCRETE EXPERIENCE: engaging directly in real life situations
REFLECTIVE OBSERVATION: noticing what happened and then relate it to past experience and conceptual learning
ACTIVE EXPERIMENTATION: apply learning and testing new ideas using learned skills
Experiential Learning is incorporated in three areas given
Theoretical Framework This study was anchored on the Constructivist Theory. Constructivism is defined by Cunanan-Cruz (2002) as an educational theory whereby learners construct their own knowledge by a natural ability to think, by learning from the environment, or by combination of both natural ability and environmental influences, where the result is an autonomous, intellectual learner. Constructivism influences instructional theory by encouraging discovery, hands-on, experiential, collaborative, project-based, and task-based learning. It has roots in cognitive psychology and biology and is an approach to education that lays emphasis on the ways knowledge is created while exploring the world. Exemplars of constructivist theory may be found in the works of John Dewey, Maria Montessori and David Kolb.
Through implement activities in this classroom, I observed that children have capacity to use materials in variety of ways to learn and explore base on their experiences and interests. Even though I have planned my activity and image how children might approach to the materials, I restrain instructions and let children express how they play and learn. I stay beside to observe and assist when children needed. It is treasure to see how children excited to learn and be creative. In the classroom, I’m sensitive to individual differences and abilities.
This semester has been an ongoing challenge for me but has been an enjoyable one and I have not been presented with any impossible tasks. I have never been much of a writer, and during the course of this semester, I 've struggled to meet length requirements on the assigned essays. However, I do understand that not everyone is an excellent writer or even has to enjoy writing to get a good grade in this 1A class. From the start, with the first essay, I pushed myself to do my best and looked to multiple outlets to polish my writing, such as the online tutor, the writing center, the internet and the writer 's handbook.
Apply relevant professional, personal, or other real-world experiences. This is a great opportunity to share knowledge of real-world experience. The research and books written may have valid theories and concepts, but it is the hands on experience every day that tells the story. In this platform, you are in the classroom and there are times that the concepts and theories fly right out of the class.
The prompt for this essay is quite simple: write about how your involvement in sports, community service, leadership, academics, and other extracurricular activities have affected your overall character. However, I feel as though this essay would be better if focused on my career in lacrosse and how it’s changed my life over the past five years, helping me throughout the good and bad, the simple and the challenging. Lacrosse has been a part of my life for about five years now. I started playing when I was in fourth grade, simply because I wanted to branch out and try something new, exciting, and a little bit out of my comfort zone.
Once you learn how to do something, you become so used to it that you forget the challenges you had to overcome in order to master it. I became aware of this as a counselor at Camp Casey one day in kites class. I was seated next to a fifth grader named Brandon, as we worked on decorating and constructing our kites. When it came time to tie the string to both sides, he was obviously struggling, so I offered to help him. I explained to him how to do it as I showed him an example of what to do with my kite.
Reflection what is it? If an individual was to look up the word reflection in a dictionary, it can come across quite broad. For instance, the Oxford dictionary states that “reflection is a serious thought or consideration”. But what is there to consider and how do we approach a subject to reflect on.
Pedagogical documentation is an ongoing process for educators to facilitate, grow and improve the children’s development. It is including a few steps of collecting data, analyses data, reflect on how children’s learning takes place, plan to enhance their learning and take into account of the relevant learning theory. Pedagogical document is a tool to explore children’s everyday experiences and make it visible about the nature of the learning process to other child, teacher and adult (Fleet et.al, 2011). The practitioner believes that the philosophy play is an important tool to facilitate children’s development. Play offers opportunities for children to participate in a group to learn different social skills such as sharing, turn taking, negotiating
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Learning is a change in behavior over time that is brought about by experience during training in educational encounter (Akubuiro and Joshua, 2003). Training as part of education, is the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competence as a result of the teaching of practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competences (Angel, 2007). Training helps the learner to acquire certain useful skills and develop critical mind for the learner’s self-development.
What? Over the past semester, I have taken part in a service learning placement to better understand the diversity that occurs within the Hamilton community, where I will be doing various clinical placements in subsequent years in my nursing program. My particular placement was at an elementary school, Pauline Johnson Elementary School, where I spend three hours every week with a second-grade class. In my role as a service learner, I acted as a teacher 's assistant. During class time, I would go around and help various students with their work, encourage students to try their best, supervise during nutrition breaks and interact with students during music and gym classes.
The unique aspects which are most salient for me are, first, the Andragogy theory (model); the idea of adult learners learning through enriched opportunities to collaborate in what they are learning and why they are learning it. The authors note, if the adult learner understands the value of what they are learning and it can be relatable to prior life experiences, they tend to be more motivated and retain the information. With that in mind, the importance of “climate setting” to provide mutual respect by actively collaboration with the adult learner in planning and the direction of lessons(Merriam, & Bierena, 2014). Second, the relationship of experiences and learning; how knowledge can be learned in the context of making connections to their life experiences.
College is full of experience and to get that experience students need to get involved in campus and use all the resources that their campus offer. For my first semester at university I learned lots of information that helped me go through my first semester and I will keep using this resources until I graduate. and these resources are not just for school but also for my personal life. The first thing I have learned in college is how to manage my time and it's important to know that skill so that I would not waste time doing nothing and get schoolwork done and it won’t make me stressful because I have many assignment and project to do. and to always get done with my priority first which is my school work.
Student Engagement A good teacher should know how to engage students in learning activities and be able to respond to diverse students needs in the classroom. The classroom observations I have seen these past week has shown me examples of good teachers. In all the classes I observed the students sat quietly and were always ready to raise their hands and answer questions. In my kindergarten class all the students were really into their assignments and wanted approval of their work from their teacher.
Assignment 1 – Reflective Discussion Traditional classrooms have taken a back seat in recent years, following the recent popularity of modern learning environments (MLE). These innovative learning spaces are catered to support and provide the opportunity for children to learn collaboratively, engaging in central and experimental learning experiences. The mainstream learning style of a classroom has been a continual failure in the education sector (Nair, 2011). Constructed in the 20th century educators saw learning as direct instruction. Add more.
Expeditionary learning- involves learning by doing and participating in a hands on experience. Students may participate in fieldwork, learning expedition’s projects or case studies to be able to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to the real world, rather than learning through the virtual world. Many types of vocational or practical training cannot be learned virtually, whether it be a laboratory experiment or woodworking.