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Teaching for Experiential Learning: Five Approaches That Work

by Scott D. Wurdinger (Author), Julie A. Carlson (Author)

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This book describes how to change the way in which educators conduct business in the classroom. Our current educational systems lack ways to reach today's learners in relevant, meaningful ways. The five approaches in this book inspire and motivate students to learn. The authors provide in-depth descriptions into these overlapping approaches for experiential learning: active learning, problem-based learning, project-based learning, service learning, and place-based education. Each of these five approaches includes an element of student involvement and attempts to engage students in solving problems. The chapters are presented in a consistent, easy-to-read format that provides descriptions, history, research, ways to use the approach, and resources. This book will help educators transform their classrooms into dynamic learning environments.

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This is an excellent book that broadens the concept of experiential learning methodologies, situating them within developmental pedagogies. -- Walter Enloe, coauthor of Project Circles and Learning Circles and former lead teacher and principal of the Paideia School and Hiroshima International School

Wurdinger and Carlson clearly understand that experiential education is a broad concept that is not narrowly defined to a specific methodology or programmatic manifestation. This is a commendable effort to develop language that experiential educators from very different perspectives can use to talk with one another and to the broader world of educational policy making in general. -- Jasper Hunt, coordinator, Experiential Education Graduate Program, Minnesota State University-Mankato

The book provides conceptual understanding and is nonprescriptive in the delivery of theory and knowledge about this growing field that is crossing different academic content borders.... Written in a user-friendly style, this book is quite easy to read and is useful for different audiences.... Recommended. ― Choice Reviews

After reading the book I find the approaches unassailable. The author's of this book have discovered five major themes of importance if the education system in America wants to get it right: 1. Motivation and interest is always the key to learning 2. Learning is much more complex than regurgitating facts 3. Applying, doing and producing enhances long-term memory and productivity 4. Schools and teachers that use the experiential methods discussed in this book produce a different and superior set of skills than do schools that are using traditional delivery methods 5. This superior set of skills is not measured by NCLB and AYP measurements. Research and experience as discussed in this book prove that experiential forms of learning are superior in many ways. And the author's also point out that schools as presently structured can move in this direction. Or, if not, there are ways to create schools that restructure to accommodate experiential learning. What are you waiting for?? -- Ronald Newell, evaluation director, EdVisions Schools

After reading the book I find the approaches unassailable. The author's of this book have discovered five major themes of importance if the education system in America wants to get it right: 1. Motivation and interest is always the key to learning 2. Learning is much more complex than regurgitating facts 3. Applying, doing and producing enhances long-term memory and productivity 4. Schools and teachers that use the experiential methods discussed in this book produce a different and superior set of skills than do schools that are using traditional delivery methods 5. This superior set of skills is not measured by NCLB and AYP measurements. Research and experience as discussed in this book prove that experiential forms of learning are superior in many ways. And the author's also point out that schools as presently structured can move in this direction. Or, if not, there are ways to create schools that restructure to accommodate experiential learning. What are you waiting for? -- Ronald Newell, evaluation director, EdVisions Schools

About the Author

Scott Wurdinger is a professor of experiential education and leadership studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and works with schools to integrate moreexperiential learning. Julie Carlson's career as an educator spans three decades of outdoor, adventure, and experiential learning endeavors. She is a faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ R&L Education (December 16, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 126 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1607093677
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1607093671
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.33 x 0.57 x 9.46 inches

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Julie Carlson
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Julie Carlson has enjoyed decades of teaching and working with learners of all ages in the outdoors in environmental education, adventure education, and experiential education arenas. She first learned of Lloyd Burgess Sharp, pioneer in outdoor education, as an undergraduate in college majoring in outdoor recreation. Her interest in his contributions to the outdoor education movement in the United States continued to grow throughout her years as an educator, and it took no deliberation on her part when she entered doctoral studies in Educational Leadership to focus her dissertation on Sharp’s career, presented here in a condensed book form (Never Finished...Just Begun). Julie is a professor of graduate studies in Experiential Education and Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She enjoys exploring new places and experiencing adventures in the great outdoors.
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Scott Wurdinger, PhD
Professor of Experiential Learning and Leadership Studies
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Scott Wurdinger is a professor of experiential learning and leadership studies at Minnesota State University in Mankato, and currently serves as the coordinator of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program on the Mankato campus. His research interests focus on the use of various approaches to experiential learning and how they develop life skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. His most recent books are published by Rowman and Littlefield and travels extensively giving lectures on the topics of experiential learning and education reform. He is married to Annette and has two daughters Madeline and Lauren. His favorite time of year is Christmas when he can spend time with his family watching old Christmas movies. He has been teaching in higher education for the past 24 years, and enjoys road biking and Nordic skiing in his free time. He still thinks he's 20 years old but realizes he's not after a hard workout.
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Excellent resource for educators wanting to incorporate more experiential learning in their practice. Gives a strong, research based rationale for why it works and has 5 chapters on 5 main types of experiential practice (i.e. project based learning, service learning, etc.)