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Understanding Early School Leaving
An overview of the current situation of early school leaving in Europe
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Methodological and Pedagogical Aspects
A definition of what experiential education is
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Theatre as Experiential Learning Tool
The role of theatre as a site for learning in a community context
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Practical Examples of Theatrical Laboratories
15 proposals of theatrical laboratories
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of OFF-Book Project. There are 8 partners from 3 different European countries.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the OFF-Book Project in the 3 European countries participating in the project. The school teachers and students contribute to the testing of all the intellectual outputs.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
Information & Events
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Conferences
The OFF-Book project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
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Teachers’ Guidelines
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A definition of what experiential education is
Methodological and Pedagogical Aspects
2.1 In Schools
Experiential learning is the base for the XXI c. education system; for this reason, this learning model can be and is widely applied in all age groups. Since it is based on the experience and “the touch of a real world” — theory is blended with the practice —, children are encouraged to develop their personal strengths and talents which may serve in everyday life.
The most common activities of experiential learning are:
References: Kolb, David A. Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development. Pearson Education, 2015.
The most common activities of experiential learning are:
- The outdoor classrooms (doing some experiments hands on, measuring the distance in math classes, for example);
- Discussions (with famous people on various topics, related with moral or social issues);
- Role-play and simulations (of real-life situations);
- Presentations and projects based on activities (analysis of experiments, movies, and shows or plays in the theatre);
References: Kolb, David A. Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development. Pearson Education, 2015.
Online Resources
- Heritage Xperiential Learning SchoolThe webpage of the school which curriculum is entirely based on Experiential Learning
- York Catholic District School BoardExperiential Learning in religious background
- Experiential learning in the classroom – learn by doingSome more activities based on experiential method
- Experiential learning in the classroom – learn by doingSome more activities based on experiential method
