Through Experiential Education

Experiential EducationExperiential Education means:

Activities that challenge your thoughts and opinions of a given group, place, activity, situation, etc. by personally involving you through exposure and experience

Critical reflection on the activity

Experiential Education Continued

ReflectionMeans looking back on your experiences and

seeing:What has been new for you?How did this affect you as a person?What did you feel?Will it change your future actions? Why? How?

What personal qualities has this experience helped to develop:Care for other people?Humility (accepting some responsibility for what

has happened)?Seeing some of our own weaknesses or strengths?

Reflection ContinuedHow have you related to other people (in

your group or in your experience):Are you tolerant of others opinions?Have you treated all people equally?Have you shown that you are reliable and

responsible?What things have you achieved that you

haven`t done before?What new skills have you developed?What skills have you improved?

Reflection ContinuedWhat new cultural experiences have you had?What did this teach you about people from

other cultures?What did you learn about yourself or your

culture?How has this project affected the way you

work with or deal with other people?What have you learnt about yourself within a

group of people?What situations made you think about this?

Practice a Personal ReflectionShould be meaningful and look at:

Personal QualitiesInterpersonal relationshipsPersonal achievementsCultural awarenessPersonal values

Please write approximately 150 - 250 words about one thing that you did in the last month that you think you learned something from, affected you personally, or will influence the way you act in future.

Be specific, answer who, what, why, when, and how this experience has affected you.