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The Urban Adventure Classroom:
Technology, Teambuilding, and Place-Based Experiential Education
The What’s and Why’s of Experiential Education
John DeweyLearning is rooted
in primary experience.
Experience occurs on a continuum.
Learning is a social process.
The What’s and Why’s of Experiential EducationKurt Hahn
Physical, mental, emotional challenge as a base of education.
Importance of triumph and failure.
Expeditions and service as methods of education.
Concreteexperience
Reflectiveobservation
Abstractconceptualization
Activeexperimentation
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model
Historical Roots of Experiential Education at Boston University
1912-1940’s – Outdoor Education teacher training
1950’s-2000’s – School Camping Program
1950’s-1960’s – Expedition camping program
1970’s-1980’s – Human Environment Institute
1970’s-1980’s – Executive Challenge
2005-Present – GPS Urban Adventures
Existing teams might regress back to an earlier stage of development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning
Stages of Team Development
Experiential Education in the Digital Age
Locations
• Boston• Cambridge• Newport• Salem
• St. Paul• Little Rock• Manchester• Albuquerque• Brussels
Case Study: New Student Orientation
Common Groundhttp://www.bu.edu/buee/case-studies/common-ground/
Sargent College Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program
School of Management MBA
Case Study: Academic Courses SMG OB221: Dynamics of Leading
OrganizationsSAR HP650: Health Care
ManagementMET AD733: Leadership in
Management
BUEE in the Future
Boston Harbor IslandsGreater Boston
Metropolitan AreaExecutive EducationHigh School Social
StudiesIntensive Experiential
Adventures
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