Many teachers are committed to experiential learning as the most effective way to engage students. Such learning has a long and noble tradition, from Buddha to Comenius, from Rousseau to Dewey. Recently, some educators are concentrating on technology as the ultimate experiential model, arguing that it provides game-changing opportunities for hands-on learning. Others fear that emphasis on digital learning is all too often "out-of-the-body." I will address ICT-based learning strategies in a later blog; however, in the meantime, let us not forget more traditional approaches that raise the bar – and often the noise level – in our classrooms and school libraries!
Today’s blog adds some of my favorite traditional “activity-based” teaching, learning, or instructional strategies to the evolving list on Page 1. One could debate (an activity-based strategy!) that properly conducted, all strategies – from ICT-based to arts-based – are experiential, especially if there is demonstrable change that is actually experienced by the learner. Again, let the debate continue as long as we help our students strongly answer the question they still get at home: “What did you do in school today.”
Notice that Page 1’s header now identifies other categories of strategies that I will add and discuss in the coming weeks.
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