Parents Guide to Experiential Education

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Parents Guide to Experiential Education???????
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TIS Elementary Principal?????? ???????? ??
Michael Pollock
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What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember.
What I do, I learn. - Chinese Proverb
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• Experiential education is ?????? ?????
• learning by doing, ???????,???? ??? ?,
• combined with reflection ???????????? ??? ????
• with application to new situations or
  experiences.
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Lower Elementary Examples of Experiential
Education??????????????? ???? ?? ?? ???? ??

• Field trips to the zoo and fire department
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• Acting out stories/drama ????/??
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• Preparing and cooking special meals ?????????
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• Service trips to village school???????
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• Science experiments ????
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Upper Elementary Examples of Experiential
Education??????????????? ???? ?? ?? ???? ??

• Field trips to museums ????? ??? ??
• Camp-outs and spring adventure trips ??????? ???
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• Science experiments ???? ????
• Building friendships with local Chinese schools
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• Drama ?? ??

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Middle High School Examples ?????????????
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• Fall Camps ???? ?? ??
• Spring Trips ?? ? ??
• Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW) service activities
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• Field trips ???? ??
• Model United Nations ????? ?? UN
• Drama ?? ??
• Service and Society Class ?????? ?? ? ????

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TIS Service and Society Director??????
???????TIS ?? ? ???? ???? Katie Coons
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What is the most significant learning experience
youve had in your lifetime? Why was it
significant??????????????????????????????
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What are five adjectives that you would like to
describe your child when they graduate from high
school??????????????,??????????????????? ???
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Simulation Exercise ?????????(??) ??
Adventure Ministry Coordinator??????????? ??
?? ??? Wheaton College, USA Derek Alden
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Learning Progression??????? ????

• If we (schools and parents working as a team)
  want students to be successful in life we must
  use concrete experiences in life both inside and
  outside the classroom to educate them.
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• As time progresses, experiences move from simple
  to complex both in real world application and
  what the class requires of one another in terms
  of personal involvement and ownership of
  learning.
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Learning Progression??????? ????

• The ultimate purpose is to use education to
  empower students to live life to the fullest.
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• Experiential learning acting and reflecting on
  learning and applying it to new situations should
  happen at all stages of the learning progression.
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Learning Progression??????? ????

• Healthy function in life and success in family,
  college, career
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• School trips and retreats during the school year
  and in the summer
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• Higher challenges, application of learning
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• Problem solving and performing harder tasks
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• Trusting and learning as a community, curriculum
  content increases
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Retention Rates
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How can we maximize student learning?????????????
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Panic Zone
Balanced Challenge ????? ???? ?? Develop Trust
and Self-Knowledge ????????? ??? ?? ?? Learning
has a Rhythm ??????? ???? ??
Growth Zone ????
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Experiential Wave ??????? ?? Learning has a
Rhythm ??????????? ??
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Experiential Learning Cycle??????????? ??

• Learning is happening at all points it is a
  continuous cycle.
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• Reflecting on what were doing makes it
  experiential.
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• Action and reflection must be balanced. Learners
  cannot constantly be just doing.
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• They need time to reflect, process, rest, and
  apply.
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• If these do not happen, learning and success will
  be jeopardized.
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God the Holy Spirit working through the teacher
and in the students ???????????????????? ?????
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A Parents Guide to Help Facilitate Learning in
their Student????????????????????? ???? ???
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• What? ???????
• Ask your child what they did.
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• Some example questions are ??????? ??
• What did you do today in school?
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• What activities did your teachers have you do?
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• Do not accept vague answers such as nothing,
  stuff, work, activities, etc.
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• Make them name specifics and ask follow up
  questions so that you understand the big picture.
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• So what? ??????? ????
• Next ask your child what it meant and why the
  teacher had them do it.??????????????,????????????
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• Some example questions are?????????
• So, what did the activity or lesson mean to
  you?
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• Why did your teacher have you do that, what do
  you think they wanted you to learn?
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• What did you learn from the experience, why was
  it important?
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• Again, do not accept simple or vague answers, but
  challenge them to think hard about
  it.?????????????????,?????????????? ?????? ???
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• Do not give your child answers make them answer
  the question for themselves.
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• Now what? ?????? ????
• Finally, ask your child what it means for their
  future learning and success and caring for other
  people.
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• Some example questions are?????????
• Does what you learned make you think differently
  about the world?????????????????????????
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• How can you use what you learned to be more
  successful and wiser in the future?
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• How will you apply what you learned and use it
  to better the world and those around you?
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• What does it mean for your life today and how
  you can live better and more fully?
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• If you do not use and apply your knowledge you
  will forget it.
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Leadership Development International (LDi)
??LDI?? LDI ?? Director of Adventure
Education????????? ?? ?? ??? Ric Schoon