7 Reasons why Teachers should master Active Experiential Learning

On: July 7, 2020

Active Experiential Holistic Learning is the KEY to Future-Oriented Education. Everything that children are to learn needs to happen in real life – not in course books, worksheets, or on screen only.

Future-Oriented Education is about nurturing LIFE SKILLS as only these will help our children succeed no matter the times. Creativity, collaboration, reasoning, bodily awareness, positive self-image, problem solving, relationship building, adaptability.

They are nurtured through REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES, an authentic connection with the real world.

Educators can easily offer Future-Oriented Education if they navigate towards Active Experiential Hands-on Learning.

Here’s 7 reasons why Active Holistic Learning is the Key Skillset for teachers to focus on now.

The world is starting to realise that the outdated model of education, which is still in use, is no longer effective and does not bring desirable results any more. Parents and educators start to understand that passive academic-oriented learning is not enough to prepare children for the future in these uncertain times. It is certainly not enough to help them thrive and create deeply fulfilling lives, not only successful careers.

Parents are becoming more conscious and more demanding as to how learning is offered, and they no longer wish for their children to be overwhelmed with worksheets, course books, and academic-based learning. They expect educators to be able to embrace and effectively use Active Experiential Holistic Learning much more often. For some parents, it’s important to make sure this kind of learning is provided on a daily basis.

School Leaders look for teachers who can offer much more than lecture-based learning or pen & paper activities. They want teachers who know how to use the most effective educational approaches in their everyday practice, and who know how to make learning exciting, meaningful, and leaving long-lasting results. There is a growing number of schools and nurseries around the world that focus on providing highest quality learning that goes beyond the academic and prioritises children’s holistic well-being and aims at tapping into their natural gifts and talents.

A small percent of educators on a global scale can effectively implement Active Experiential Holistic Learning on a daily basis. This means that when you master it, you will join the group of highly skilled and very sought-after Educators of the Future who can easily adjust to the growing interest in holistic ways of learning and educating young people.

Once you master Active Experiential Holistic Learning, you will feel very confident about planning, delivering, and evaluating truly engaging learning experiences that are fully aligned with your national curriculum and the goals of Future-Oriented Education. Engaging lessons will be much easier to plan and you will be able to create a solid long-term learning framework using this approach.

Even though many educators are now under the spell that technology is the future of learning, world’s top educators know it’s not really true. They realise that it’s not technology that teachers need to master, even though it can be useful. Educators of the Future need to be able to use technology as well as any other tool to offer ACTIVE EXPERIENTIAL HOLISTIC LEARNING on a continuous basis, not just as single sessions.

Active Learning is not yet another trend. It’s the ever-green and one of the most powerful educational approaches that will never go out of fashion. And because it’s based on the Universal Laws of Natural Learning, it always accelerates children’s learning – and this will never change. So, once you master Active Experiential Holistic Learning, you can be sure that your skills will stay with you forever, and that you will be able to offer high quality education regardless of times and current trends. Whether you are a school or a nursery teacher, an entrepreneur running your own play and learning business, you can be sure that active Experiential Learning will be a true game changer for both you, your teachers and your students.

All the above is exactly why me and my husband Witold Matulewicz – Natural Born Leaders, have designed the Active Learning Starter– an Online Hands-on Teacher Training that helps educators master the approach and offer it on a daily basis with ease.

We’ve been working with this approach for more than 20 years now both in the early years settings and at the primary level. We have trained and inspected settings and provisions implementing Active Learning with great success.

We have piloted implementation of Active Learning in rural Uganda where teachers achieved spectacular results within weeks! We have proved that it’s possible to offer Active Holistic Learning regardless of place and resources so that no matter where you are your children can receive Future Oriented Education.

If you are ready to start your journey with Active Experiential Learning, check the next steps below.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

ACTIVE LEARNING STARTER – HANDS-ON ONLINE TEACHER TRAINING

Our mission is to support committed and motivated teachers who are ready to change the way education is offered. Step into Experiential Learning and offer Future-oriented Education today!

ACTIVE LEARNING STARTER is an INTRODUCTORY LEVEL online training program for early childhood educators and play workers who want to step into Experiential Learning and support students’ Balanced Development – with minimum time commitment or planning and with maximum enjoyment and educational impact for children.

Instant Implementation – no extra workload! The program contains 13 lessons with step-by-step implementation instructions, ready-to-use tools and strategies.