ABOUT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Experiential learning is learning by doing with a reflective element that creates more deeply engaged learning. Throughout the process, learners are actively engaged in investigating, experimenting, being curious, solving problems, being creative, and constructing meaning. A key aspect of experiential learning is what learners learn from the experience rather than the quantity or quality of the experience. This learning takes on a semi-structured approach where learners have an active role in their learning and a facilitator isn’t essential to the process. Rather, the mechanism of experiential learning is the learner's reflection on experiences using analytic skills.

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Fundamental questions that this strategy helps address -

• How to meet a learner where they are?

• Does the learning cater to different learning styles? 

• How does the learning experience prepare the learner for the future?

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In experiential learning, the instruction is designed to actively engage learners. Learners connect their knowledge and experiences with real world examples, and reflect and identify with real concepts. They cooperate and learn from one another by discussing how issues raised can be useful in future situations and how more effective behaviors and steps can develop from what they learned.

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Many schools, communities and educational establishments incorporate experiential activities in teaching or learning techniques. Learners engage with their learning through workshops, internships, cultural exchanges, museum tours, and nature expeditions. These experiences help with better understanding of new and existing knowledge and information retention over a longer period of time.

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