Experiential Learning Essay

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People are vastly different in many ways, including the way they learn. There are many ways people can learn. For example people can learn by Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Mastery Learning, Project Based Learning, Peer Learning, Visual Learning, and many more. I learn with Experiential Learning, along with many other people. Experiential Learning is learning by actual experience (cs,1). I think this is the best way to learn but some might disagree. I am going to talk about some studies about experiential learning and how it effects the people taking them.
This first study was done to see the development and validation of Experiential Learning. Many people believe that with Experiential Learning, people will have a greater understanding …show more content…

This study was set on a summer cruise to Mexico and Central America. This study was based on sixteen doctoral students and how they perceived experiential education. The goal to higher education should be to facilitate learning through experience (cs1,3). With experiential learners they are given the opportunity to engage in reflective observation (cs1,3). Experiential Learning helps the students learn about themselves and others around them. The purpose of the study with the doctoral students was to explore how experiential education effected them in real life situations. The study also wanted to show with the research, the impact of blending life and research through the dissolution of classroom boundaries. They wanted to have the students learn field research techniques. It should be noted that this study went on for a week and the students request formal classes for the morning. The students were given journals to write in during this week long cruise. On the first day of the study the students felt very comfortable. The students like the bond that was happening between them and the professor. They also felt on the first day that they had purpose. They believed that this would not happen in a traditional classroom. On the third day of the study one of the students said, “’Seeing is believing.’ You could have told me—showed me pictures. You could have done many things, but the firsthand experience, being part of it—I’ll never forget it.” (cs1,7) The students learned how to work well together as a team. On day five and six the students had become very confident and confident with themselves. At the end of study it had shown that experiential learning had been successful. This study show the students how to look at things in a different light that they would not have seen before. The experiential learning helped the students build friendship. They became interesting

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