Hands-on learning, more formally known as Experiential Education,
reflects a teaching philosophy that promotes learning by doing. The
strategy allows children to practice guided tactile learning in which
they absorb knowledge not only by listening, but by experiencing.
Experiential learning is praised as a top teaching method by higher
educational institutions, especially those in the fields of science, art
and technology. This strategy also offers numerous advantages to
students in elementary classrooms.
Hearing a lecture or even watching a teacher perform a physical demonstration of a concept, cannot instill a passion for knowledge in a student as deeply as hands-on experience can. Learning by doing allows children to become personally invested in their own learning process. Becoming actively engaged in their education builds confidence, as the lessons require students to rely on their own abilities to obtain knowledge. That confidence and self-reliance inspires children to embrace the learning process and enthusiastically seek out additional knowledge.
Developer Thoughts
Hearing a lecture or even watching a teacher perform a physical demonstration of a concept, cannot instill a passion for knowledge in a student as deeply as hands-on experience can. Learning by doing allows children to become personally invested in their own learning process. Becoming actively engaged in their education builds confidence, as the lessons require students to rely on their own abilities to obtain knowledge. That confidence and self-reliance inspires children to embrace the learning process and enthusiastically seek out additional knowledge.
Developer Thoughts
- I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand - Last month my new class students of III-F performed activities based on a science camouflage lesson followed by a rounding and placing values lconcept in mathematics.
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