Posts Tagged ‘experiential education’
April 21 - Six Steps to Designing Effective Service-Learning Courses
By: Mary Bart in Curriculum Development, Instructional Design
A biology class works with a local environmental organization to test water samples from the Chesapeake Bay. A graphics design class helps a non-profit organization build a new website. A childhood development class serves as mentors to at-risk students in an after-school program.
April 22 - Experiential Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Engaged and Disengaged
By: Mary Bart in Effective Teaching Strategies, Instructional Design
Not all disengaged students fall into the stereotype of the slacker who comes late to class (if at all), or is as easy to spot as Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In fact there are a number of students who are masters at playing the game … doing just enough to get by … attending class but not really participating, much less engaging with the content.
March 4 - The ECHO Model of Experiential Learning
By: Jim La Prad and Andy Mink in Learning Styles, Teaching and Learning
As educators we hear and heed Peter McLaren’s warning, “You can’t teach people anything … You have to create a context in which they can analyze themselves and their social formations and lives.” 1 We believe the creation of this context must be our aim as educators, and this context must be balanced between theory
