Experiential education

According to Domenech et al. (2016), personalization has become the hallmark of exemplary schools. One of the essentials in a personalized curriculum is flexibility. Innovations Early College High School in Salt Lake City, Utah provides a perfect example of how flexibility is beneficial to learning. Student can begin their day as early as 7:00 a.m. and stay as late as 5:00 p.m. Each student’s schedule is customized to meet his or her individual needs. Students progress through a…

sixth grade classroom in which students are sitting around the teacher who is telling them a story with the help of an illustrated book imagines. It would therefore have to ask that occurs between the level of early childhood education and the last year of primary education to employment focus of reading varies so drastically. First, it is possible that Aesthetic Reading will be considered as an easy, entertaining and little intellectual value. On the contrary, the child is doing intellectual…

According to Grant, a curricula is a template that state explicitly the “intended aims and objectives, content, experiences, outcomes and processes of an educational program”(2011, p. 3). However, this would be only the curriculum ‘in paper’, since Coles (in Grant, 2011), defines that there is a need to recognize two further types of curricula, which is the ‘in action’ (what in reality occurs) and the ‘experienced’ (what the learner perceived). McKimm (2003) refers to the curriculum ‘in action’…

at student organizations such as the Global Public Health Brigades, Best Buddies Tulane, Food for Thought and Action, Habitat for Humanity, and HATT. Throughout high school, I've worked with several nonprofit organizations, including TOPsoccer, Education Rocks, and Food for the Poor. I believe that my experiences with these programs would allow me to help The Center for Public Service with its mission to restore New Orleans. Certainly, attending Tulane will be immeasurably helpful to me. But…

educational research and activism. She wrote this as a beacon for the advancement of negro men and women. She had few possessions to leave when she passed, but had a wealth of experiences she could share with others. Ideas About Higher Education Bethune views higher education from a holistic approach with a focus on the developmental aspect on both the individual and group levels. In the article she states, “As long as Negroes are hemmed into racial blocs by prejudice and pressure, it will be…

How someone is treated in the workplace will impact on how professional they are in their job. While working at a previous educational setting I felt, although the school worked well, information was not shared well with every member of staff. good communication is, in my opinion, a key component to professionalism. You feel a more valued member of the team if information and decisions are shared with you. Although I understand not all information can be shared due to confidentiality, it is…

Kantanista, A. Ciekot, M., Laudanska-Krezminska, I., & Szwed, S. (2009). Health-related intensity profiles of physical education classes at Different phases of the teaching/learning process. Biomedical Human Kinetics, 1, 86-91. This research study looked at three different types of teaching/learning processes and the intensity (measured by heart rate) at which physical education students performed. The three types of teaching learning were: acquiring and developing skills, selecting and…

best practices in interpersonal skills, education technology and teaching strategies. The Collaborator Role - The collaborator role is useful in teaching, research, and service. In the realm of teaching, the ANE collaborates with faculty col- leagues, administrators, and community agencies to deliver optimal learning experi- ences. Collaboration in teaching may involve establishing new program models such as service learning or community based education, or may result in formalization of…

shaped positively and negatively by one’s social environment” (Bates 83). I wanted to begin with this quote because I think it is the best way to summarize the virtue approach which is something I had never even heard of before taking the Experiential Education class. However, just because I had never heard the term ‘virtue approach’ does not mean that it had not been a part of my life: I just had never heard it be named. Rather, unknowingly, my environment and the adult influences in my life…

enhance their learning experience and retention. Inquiry-based learning allows teachers to accomplish meeting standards while empowering students to ask questions that are relevant to them. It opens opportunities to explore and engage students in an education that is fueled by passionately pursuing their interest and not just limiting them to chosen materials by the teacher, but by guiding them to reach further explore even more information. Inquiry-based learning allows for the teacher to be…