Experiential education is often about self discovery. It’s about moment after moment of often small, insignificant victories, all of which add up to “I can”.
A school system that blends experiential and academic education often hears teachers playing to student victories. “You had the courage to command the gig today. Of course you have what it takes to figure out the area of a triangle. You can do anything.” Kids believe comments like that because, at least for a moment out on the water, they accomplished something that they themselves thought they couldn’t do.
Academic and experiential working together. How do we accomplish this?
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