Experiential Learning
In more traditional school settings, students often hear and read about others' experiences. At EMS, teachers consider individual learning styles and facilitate opportunities for students to make discoveries and experiment with knowledge firsthand.
Then, students have time to reflect on what they have experienced, completed, even made mistakes with. That's experiential learning.
Experiential Learning
Experiential learners must:
- be willing to be actively involved in the experience.
- be able to reflect on the experience, sometimes in writing, sometimes in conversation with teachers and peers.
- possess and use analytical skills to conceptualize the experience.
- possess or make progress in developing decision-making and problem-solving skills in order to use the new ideas gained from the experience.
Outside the classroom ...
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EMS Experiential Learning News
Eastern Mennonite School (EMS) is delighted to introduce Diego Torres as its new admissions counselor. Torres brings a passion for community-building and education, qualities that are deeply aligned with the school’s mission of educating the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. A recent graduate of Goshen College, Torres earned degrees in secondary education and physical education, along with a minor in health. His academic background is complemented by professional educator licenses in both Illinois and Indiana. “Education has been Diego’s calling,” Paul Leaman, head of school…
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