教育聚焦|体验式学习的价值 Education Spotlight|Value in experiential learning

体验式学习使学生能够与许多课堂上难以模拟的现实世界问题进行互动。我们的探险活动促进和发展了许多对学生在未来生活中具有很大的价值的技能，例如灵活的思维、随机应变和适应能力等等。

在这个数字时代，体验式学习变得比以往任何时候都更加重要。许多人通过他们的各种设备获得定制的信息，但从来没有机会看到我们生活的世界中不完美的一面。我们如何了解现实世界和我们如何体验现实世界往往是完全不同的。我们的目标是缩小这一差距，让学生掌握无法在课堂上学到或无法在线教授的实践知识。

投身于这些现实世界的环境中还会让学生亲身参与到学习体验中，并促使学生对真正热爱的领域保有终身学习的热情。David Wall 带领来自布拉迪斯拉发英国国际学校、休斯顿英国国际学校和新加坡 Dover Court 国际学校的诺德安达学生参加在瑞士 Les Martinets 开展的个人挑战探险活动。

体验式学习并不局限于户外环境。它更像是一种沉浸式的学习方法，同样可以在科学实验室或运动场内实现。户外环境往往会带来更多变数和不确定性，从而不断培养各种各样的技能。

这可以通过多种方法来衡量，但大多数情况下，它表现在在学生的自信、态度和人生观上。

性格文静的学生通常难以应对各类社交场合，但通过探险活动，他们意识到自己是团队的重要成员，可以为其他同学做出贡献并与之互动。

我记得在一次探险活动的最后一个晚上，我和一群学生坐在火堆旁，一个女孩对其中一个男孩说，“我没有发现原来你这么有趣。”他的回答是'我也没发现'。这深深触动了我，并不是因为我想把每个人都变成外向的人或喜剧演员，而是因为他已经拥有了在同龄人面前表达真实自己的自信，在活动刚开始的时候，情况绝对不是这样的。

在坦桑尼亚阿鲁沙开展的公民探险活动中，学生们共同努力为 Kitefu 小学建立了教师宿舍。

它为学生提供了另一种视角，教会了他们保持谦逊，也让他们了解到某些社区所面临问题的严重程度。这些都是全球性的问题，总有一天会引起全球公民的关注。

社区服务探险的关键成果之一是让学生能够以不同的人生观看待生活，这一转变会使学生积极参与未来开展的项目 - 无论项目是在本地还是更远的地方进行。

身体和精神上的疲劳会引发大量积极或消极的情绪反应。人们通常很难处理好这种情绪，特别是如果他们以前从未经历过这种情况。对于成功和失败所表现出的情绪掌控方式有所不同 - 可以是一种轻松的体验，也可以是一种痛苦的体验。这些个人挑战有助于开发学生在未来处于紧张环境中的应对机制。

体育课上的主流运动项目并不一定适合所有人，这可能导致一些学生对运动和体能挑战有抵触情绪或不愿参与。换一种“体育”环境则可以促进学生更积极地参与到活动中，提升激情和参与程度，培养健康的生活方式，并传达这样一种理念：疲惫并没有什么不好，实际上这种感觉非常棒。

通过探险进行的个人挑战可以让学生亲身体验户外环境，提升他们对自然界的欣赏水平和理解能力。由于这种意识的提高，学生会更注重环境保护，为子孙后代造福。越来越多的报告还指出，多参与户外活动对学生的心理健康有好处。

探险活动有助于我们的学生树立远大目标。通过参与学校间的协作式体验项目，探险活动有助于学生了解我们所说的志存高远。探险活动让学生们对诺德安达大家庭有了更加真实的体验。他们与国际校友共度时光、共同生活、共同学习，并建立持续终生的联系。这些联系例证了通过强大的校友网络就读诺德安达学校的真正含义。

“过而不改，是谓过矣。”- 孔子

我认为这句话说出了户外教育和探险学习的深刻含义与目的。

我在整个职业生涯中以各种身份从事着户外教育工作。随着我的职业生涯发展，我投入到探险活动中的时间也越来越多，并开始领会探险学习所能带来的革新式体验。

我们的学生有能力成为领袖，我希望探险学习可以成为他们学生生涯中一个多彩的篇章，并对他们产生长远的影响。

通过参与丰富多彩的探险活动，我们把学生送到世界各地，使他们站在更高层面在各行各业中发挥重要作用，为美好未来做出真正的改变。

Experiential learning allows students to interact with real world problems and issues that are difficult to simulate in many classrooms. Our expeditions promote and develop skills that are not taught by many curriculums but hold great value for our students  in their future lives such as flexible thinking, resourcefulness, resilience and much more.

In this digital age, experiential learning has become more important than ever. Many people receive tailored information through their devices, never getting a chance to see the imperfect world that we live in.  How we learn about the real world versus how we experience the real world can often be completely different.  Our aim is to bridge this gap so that students have practical, hands-on knowledge that cannot always be taught in the classroom or online.

Engagement in these real world situations also engages students in the learning experience and promotes a greater love for lifelong learning in areas that students are genuinely passionate about.

David Wall leads a group of Nord Anglia students from British International School Bratislava, British International School of Houston, and Dover Court International School Singapore on the Personal Challenge Expedition in Les Martinets, Switzerland.

Experiential learning is not limited to an outdoor environment. It’s more of an immersive approach to learning which could equally be achieved in a science lab or on the sports field. The outdoor environment just tends to present more variables and uncertainty that continually foster a diverse range of skills.

This can be measured in a multitude of ways, but most of the time it presents itself in the confidence, attitude, and outlook of students.

Quite often quiet students who would normally find social situations difficult, realise that they are a valuable member of the team and can contribute and interact with other students.

I remember sitting around a fire on the last night of an expedition with a group of students and a girl said to one of the boys ‘I didn’t realise you were this funny.’ His response was ‘neither did I.’ It really stuck with me not because we want to turn everyone into extroverts or comedians, but because he had gained the confidence to genuinely express himself in front of his peers which was most definitely not the case at the start of the process.

Students work together to build teacher accommodations at Kitefu Primary School on the Citizenship Expedition in Arusha, Tanzania.

It gives students perspective, teaches humility and promotes an understanding of the magnitude of the problems faced by some communities. These are generally global problems, which one day will need the perspective of global citizens.

One of the key outcomes of community service expeditions is empowering students to leave with a different outlook which often translates into future engagement with projects – whether it is local or further afield.

Physical and mental exertion triggers a huge range of emotional responses both positive and negative. This is often difficult for people to process especially if they have never experienced it before. Mastering emotional control can be the difference between success and failure; an easy experience or a hard experience. These personal challenges help develop coping mechanisms for stressful situations in the future.

Mainstream sports such as those taught in physical education do not suit everybody which can result in some students feeling negative or disengaged with sports and physical challenge. An alternative ‘sporting’ environment promotes greater involvement in activity, develops passion and engagement, promotes healthy living and conveys the understanding that it’s okay to be tired and it actually feels pretty good.

Personal challenge through expeditions allows a hands-on experience with the outdoor environment promoting an appreciation and understanding of the natural world. As a result of this increased awareness, students are more inclined to protect our environment for future generations. More and more reports also state the benefits of experiencing the outdoors on a student's mental well-being.

Nord Anglia students from British International School Bratislava and Dover Court International School Singapore break for lunch after a long trek in the Swiss Alps.

The expedition programmes give our students opportunities to be ambitious. Expeditions help our students to understand what we mean by ambition through engaging in collaborative experiences across our schools. The expeditions makes the Nord Anglia family more real for our students. They spend time with their international colleagues, they live together, they learn together and they make bonds that will last a lifetime. These bonds exemplify what it means to attend a Nord Anglia school through a strong network of alumni.

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”                                                                                -Confucius

I think this quote says a lot about the aims outdoor education and expeditionary learning.

I have worked in outdoor education in a range of capacities my whole working life. As my career developed I spent more and more time on expeditions and began appreciating the transformative experiences that expeditionary learning can offer.

Our students have the capacity to be world leaders and I hope that expeditionary learning will be a chapter in our students’ lives that leaves a lasting impact.

Through well-rounded activities, we will send students out into the world who function at a high level in all walks of life and make real change for the better.

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