In more traditional school settings, students often hear and read about others' experiences. At EMS, teachers consider individual learning styles and facilitate opportunities for students to make discoveries and experiment with knowledge firsthand.
Then, students have time to reflect on what they have experienced, completed, even made mistakes with. That's experiential learning.
Experiential Learning
Experiential learners:
- are willing to be actively involved in the experience.
- are able to reflect on the experience, sometimes in writing, sometimes in conversation with teachers and peers.
- possess and use analytical skills to conceptualize the experience.
- possess or make progress in developing decision-making and problem-solving skills in order to use the new ideas gained from the experience.
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EMS Experiential Learning News
Eastern Mennonite School (EMS) stands out by offering a seamless K-12 experience on one campus. Located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, EMS provides a nurturing environment where students from elementary to high school share a cohesive journey, enriched by unique traditions and mini-cultures within each division. Entering a new school can be a daunting experience, but for many students, EMS quickly becomes a place of warmth and growth. “Something I can’t explain about EMS to people until they get here,” Karcyn shares,…
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