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Rachel Leigh Taylor – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2024
During my 20-year career as a specialist language and literacy educator, I have found that inclusive and experiential classroom pedagogies stimulate and engage learners of all ages and demographics. What is more, these same methods can be effectively implemented to support individuals with diverse learning needs. This article discusses the 8 Ways…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Student Diversity, Educational Practices, Holistic Approach
Jessica Poff – Routledge Research in Education, 2024
This volume provides a critical narrative inquiry into the learning experiences of adults and children at a Community School in Canada. It tells the story of a closely connected family of people living and learning together, combining activities such as learning to read and write with unconventional learning experiences such as trick riding, rodeo…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Learning Processes, Community Schools, Nontraditional Education
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Heinrich, William F.; Green, Patrick M. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2020
Background: Experiential learning approaches applied in classrooms are often disconnected from theory and loosely connected in classroom practice. Given critiques of experiential learning, there is a significant need for process learning theory with a practice-driven model. Scholars have only begun to explore the enhanced learning that often…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Criticism
Vitello, Sylvia; Greatorex, Jackie; Shaw, Stuart – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2021
The aim of this report is to build a shared understanding of competence by providing clarity around the concept and its implications for educational practice. The authors present an understanding of competence that is research-based, relevant and appropriate for diverse educational contexts. This will help to create stimulating, thoughtful and…
Descriptors: Competence, Definitions, Educational Practices, Competency Based Education
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Fernandes-Osterhold, Gisele – Journal of Transformative Education, 2022
This article offers reflections and proposes practices that embody principles of diversity and inclusion while embracing spirituality in higher education. This approach to integral education is informed by the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and Haridas Chaudhuri, founders of the California Institute of Integral Studies. It blends Eastern philosophy…
Descriptors: Diversity, Inclusion, Higher Education, Non Western Civilization
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Thurman, Vincent G. – Journal of College and Character, 2016
Leadership, service, and exploration are three concepts that have been a growing focus in the academic world over the course of many years. Higher education institutions have begun incorporating leadership curriculum, service learning initiatives, and experiential learning into academic curriculum to provide students with a more holistic learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership Training, Service Learning, Experiential Learning
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Thorburn, Malcolm; Allison, Peter – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2017
In aiming to support school-based outdoor learning opportunities, this paper critiques the extent to which Deweyan and neo-Aristotelian theorising is helpful in highlighting how personal growth and practical wisdom gains can be realised. Such critique is necessary, as there are signs of an implementation gap between practice and policy, which is…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
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Dixon, Deirdre – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2014
With the plethora of MBA leadership courses, schools are examining ways to differentiate their programs and to provide tangible learning outcomes. MBA graduates want the knowledge skills and ability to make them successful in their chosen fields of endeavor. This paper outlines one holistic experiential MBA leadership course that challenges the…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Masters Programs
Davidson, Sara Florence; Davidson, Robert – Canadian Journal of Education, 2016
Through a series of interviews, I learned how my father drew upon his family's and community's teachings, which were deeply rooted in traditional Haida pedagogy, to achieve success. I reflected on his stories and their connections and the work of other Indigenous scholars in the field of education to thematically organize the teachings that he…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
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Mengel, Thomas – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
This paper makes the case for a shift of undergraduate education towards the development of meaningful life skills that are of value to the graduates as well as to the communities they live in. First, relevant connections between student learning, meaning, and wisdom will be made. Second, the article will explore how undergraduate education can…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Daily Living Skills, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives
Jardine, David W. – 1995
This chapter presents a philosophical reflection on ecological mindfulness as it relates to curriculum integration, mathematics education, and experiential education. The chapter's title refers to a collection of poems that are full of "particulars"--the meticulous details of memory and reverie--and that show how lives are always lived…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Orey, Michael A.; Nelson, Wayne A. – 1994
The characteristics and elements of situated learning are described, along with some approaches that use this perspective. Situated cognition proposes a radically different explanation of learning that conceives of it largely as a social phenomenon rather than a process occurring within the mind of the individual. Situated learning requires…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cooperation, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Cooper, Geoff – 1999
There have been two traditions of outdoor education in Great Britain. Field studies focus on science, while outdoor pursuits focus on physical skills and technical knowledge or personal and social development through challenging situations. These two approaches have much in common and much to offer each other. Although both approaches use the…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wheal, James R. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2000
Contemporary schooling, particularly high schools, could benefit from a return to the model of Plato's Academy in which ecstatic experience provided a central and informative role in addressing the higher stages of human development. Supplementing traditional curricula with integral practices that address body, mind, and spirit, and reviving the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
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Peterson, James W. – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2000
Jiddu Krishnamurti created a worldwide network of schools with no method of education. He felt that a particular system hinders intelligent thinking. The attitudes and relationship of the teacher and child are more important. Education should cultivate the whole mind, not just the intellectual aspects, and help students develop a foundation for…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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