3 why should we promote the experiential learning method

Why should we promote the experiential learning method?

In a broad sense, experiential learning is a learning method that helps learners in practicing their knowledge and theoretical ideas to the real-world scenarios or surroundings where the mentor will guide and facilitate the learning. Anything could be the platform for the learning practice such as classrooms, labs, community centers or even in public places. Practical learning has always been considered to be more impactful as they introduce children to the world beyond books. There are so many significant benefits of practicing experiential learning methods. A few of them are listed below.

It speeds up the learning process ‘Learning while doing’ is the trend of the present education system in our country.

Classroom sessions and theoretical knowledge can only help you up to a level, beyond which only the practical learning will assist children in the long run. It develops critical thinking, analytical and administrative skills of the learners.

Theoretical world turns into practical There has always been a huge gap between the theoretical knowledge and the practical. Our age old education system was not capable of bridging this gap until the recent past.

Fortunately, most of the schools in India are now applying this method to their teaching module to help children grow theoretically strong as well as practically skilled with the firsthand experience. As per the studies, many of the IB schools in Bangalore are practicing this experiential learning method for best results and progress of students.

Enhances the participation levels It usually happens that some students find interest in the theory class and some find it difficult to digest which results in poor performance of the student. Experiential learning ensures participation of all students in the learning process as they get to learn the difficult theories in the practical form with this method.

Facilitates personalized learning Theory class sessions often go over the head for most of the students because of its very own boring nature. It is quite possible that some kids may not perform so well in the class, but is good with the practical sessions. Experiential learning provides the opportunity to grow the bond between the instructor and the student while practically doing the activities.

Here, the teacher can focus on the individual talents and weaknesses of each student and work accordingly to bridge the gap. A number of technological stuff can be used here to further enhance the learning process more effective.