Pi l l ar3:Exper i ent i alLear ni ng
Ex per i ent i all ear ni ng i skeyt o pl acebas ed educat i on becaus e ex per i encescannotoccurout s i de ofa cont ex t .St udent scan l ear nt he pl ant ’ s l i f ecycl ei nat ex t book,butt heycan al s ol ear ni tbygoi ng out s i de t o pl anta gar den i nt hei rcommuni t y.Pl acebas ed educat i on f av or st he l at t er .Ex per i ent i all ear ni ng i sal s o a keycomponentofpr ogr es s i v e educat orJohn Dewey’ sv i s i on f oreducat i on;he bel i ev ed t hatno s ubj ect mat t erwasconduci v et o gr owt h becaus et her ei sno educat i onalv al ue i nt he abs t r act .Rat her ,an i ndi v i dual ’ si nt er act i onswi t ht he env i r onment i swhatl eadst ol ear ni ng. Ex per i ent i all ear ni ng wasa l ar ge par toft hi scompi l at i on ofr eci pes .We hav el ear ned t o cookt he maj or i t yoft he r eci pesi nt hi sbook,and we hav e ev en t aughts ome oft hem t o ot her s .We v i s i t ed Howar d’ sf ar mt o l ear nt o bake pi es ,cooked chal l ah i nt he mul t i cul t ur als ui t e wi t h Rabbi Rob,j oi ned ourf r i endsi n cooki ng t he t r adi t i onalf oodsf r om t hei rs t udy abr oad ex per i ences ,and l ear ned f ami l yr eci pesal ongs i de ourmot her s .