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Experiential Learning

Creating learning experiences

outside of the traditional

classroom

Allison J Barlow

Head of English

Anglican International School of Jerusalem

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Introduction

• Non-traditional learning experience that moves a class

out of the classroom, either literally or figuratively

• Experiential learning is not new, but it has taken a

pedagogical back-seat for various reasons

We should be creating

educational experiential learning

opportunities

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Inspiring Students and Staff to Innovate

Roles

• Staff is challenged to

create (the plan)

• Students are challenged

to create (the activity)

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Innovating: Examples

Survival Camping Trip

Additional Ideas:

Community and Service

Yearbook and Newspaper

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Inspiring Students and Staff

Roles

• Staff is challenged to

create (the plan)

• Students are challenged

to create (the activity)

Results

• Learning together,

improving non-traditional,

practical skills

• Change activities to keep

staff and students fresh

• Builds connection

between staff and

students, improving

learning in the classroom

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Engaging Students

• Works with alternate learning styles

• Creates opportunities for weaker students

• Academic students are challenged in non-traditional way

• Maintains student interest in school

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Engaging Students: Examples

• Spelling Bee

• Movie theatre

• Sports Day

• School play

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Holistic and Cross-curriculur Education

• Overlapping disciplines

• Students are engaged academically, practically, and

socially

• Kids and teens are active

• Integrates technology

• Bonds students across groups

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Holistic and Cross-curriculur Education:

Examples

• Kiva

• Pen pals

• Yad Vashem

• Habitat for Humanity

• Old City tour

• Magazine Launch

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Critical Thinking

• Skills are practiced that are necessary for life after

school

• Students apply skills in a practical way

• To succeed, a student must think beyond the classroom

• Students own the material

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Critical Thinking: Examples

• Poetry

Competition

• MUN

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Long-term effects

• Social bond and affection for school

• Stories are passed on

• Years later, students remember

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Long-term effects: Examples

• Social trips

• Hiking

• Visiting Syrian children

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Obstacles

Why don’t we provide more

experiential learning

opportunities?

• Legal restraints

• Budget restraints

• Scheduling restraints

• Difficulty planning and

organizing

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Tools

• IB Learner profile

• Technology

• Plan in groups

• Integrate into curriculum

• Optional out-of-school

• Student funded

• Don’t be afraid of failure

• Enthusiasm

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Why should we make the extra effort?

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Conclusion

Experiential learning promotes emotional

literacy

“Starting in the late 19th century, the philosopher John

Dewey argued against the development of purely

vocational elementary schools, insisting that the true

purpose of schooling was not simply to teach children a

trade but to train them in deeper habits of mind, including

‘plasticity’ (the ability to take in new information and be

changed by it) and interdependence (the ability to work

with others)”.

- Jennifer Kahn, “Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?”

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Conclusion: Summary

• Students and staff create together

• Engages students from top to bottom

• Education is holistic and can be cross-curricular

• Critical thinking goes beyond hypothetical

• Long-term effects

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Conclusion

What experiential learning opportunity can

you create in your school?

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Additional Examples and Ideas

• Have class outside

• Exciting activities

• CAS

• Take social trips