Sourcebook of Experiential Education

<p>Experiential education is a philosophy and methodology for building knowledge, developing skills, and clarifying values by engaging learners in direct experience and focused reflection. To understand experiential education, what should one be reading? This sourcebook introduces philosophers, educators, and other practitioners whose work is relevant to anyone seeking answers to this question. Following brief snapshots of John Dewey and Kurt Hahn, the book is organized in four sections: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Philosophers and Educational Theorists</li> <p> </p> <li>Nature Educators and Outdoor Educators</li> <p> </p> <li>Psychologists and Sociologists</li> <p> </p> <li>School and Program Founders.</li> </ul><p>Each chapter focuses on an individual whose philosophy and practice exemplify a biographical and historical model for reaching a deeper understanding of experiential education. An appendix includes short biographical sketches of forty-five additional people whose contributions to experiential education deserve a closer look. This volume provides a much-needed overview and foundations for the field – for students in courses addressing experiential education, challenge education, outdoor experiential education, recreation education, and related fields; for learning theorists and curriculum specialists; for experiential educators; and for educational philosophers. </p> <p>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>1.Experiential Education and Learning by Experience, Thomas E. Smith, Clifford E. Knapp, Jayson Seaman, & Steve Pace </p><p><strong>Part I. Philosophers and Educational Theorists</strong></p><p>2. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates: Ancient Greek Perspectives on Experiential Learning, Paul Stonehouse, Pete Allison, & David Carr </p><p>3. Rousseau and Pestalozzi: Emile, Gertrude, and Experiential Education Thomas E. Smith </p><p>4. Patrick Geddes: "Vivendo Discimus" - By Living We Learn, Peter Higgins & Robbie Nicol </p><p>5. Alfred North Whitehead: Educational Emergence, Jasper S. Hunt </p><p>6. Martin Buber: Dialogue, Relationship, the Other, and the More-than-Human World, Sean Blenkinsop </p><p>7. Paul Freire: Critical Praxis and Experiential Education, Mary Breunig </p><p>8. Maxine Greene: The Power of the Possible, Laurie S. Frank </p><p>9. Eleanor Duckworth: The Teacher's Teacher, Andrew Bobilya & Brad Daniel </p><p><strong>Part II. Nature Study, Outdoor, and Environmental Education</strong> </p><p>10. Louis Agassiz: Nature and Experiential Education, Clifford E. Knapp </p><p>11. Alexander von Humboldt: Experiential Expeditionary Scientist, Brad Daniel</p><p>12. Anna Botsford Comstock: Beyond Science - Learning about Self and Nature through Field Experience, Janice L. Woodhouse & Christopher D. Wells </p><p>13. Charles Eastman and Luther Standing Bear: Two Early Indian Writiers, Clifford E. Knapp </p><p>14. Aldo Leopold: Teaching in the Spirit of the Land Ethic, Steven Simpson </p><p>15. Lloyd B. Sharp: Trailblazer in Outdoor Education, Julie Carlson </p><p>16. Rachel Carson: Inspiring a Sense of Wonder, Karen Warren & Lorene Wapotich </p><p>17. Sigurd Olson and Paul Shepard: Experiential Education and Ancient Rhythms, Bob Henderson </p><p><strong>Part III. Psychologists & Sociologists</strong> </p><p>18. Emile Durkheim: Socialization and Education, Thomas E. Smith </p><p>19. Lev Vygotsky: Experiential Education - A View from the Future, Jayson Seaman & Mathew Gingo </p><p>20. Fritz Perls: Gestalt Therapy and Experiential Education, Thomas Lindblade </p><p>21. Kurt Lewin: Another Kurt for Experiential Educators to Know, Thomas E. Smith & Chris Leeming </p><p>22. Earl Kelley: Education for What is Real, Edward O. Raiola </p><p>23. Carl Rogers: A Way of Being an Experiential Educator, Thomas E. Smith </p><p><strong>Part IV. School and Program Founders: Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory</strong></p><p>24. Maria Montessori: Founding Mother of Experiential Education? Michael J. Swiderski </p><p>25. Cecil Reddie: Pioneering Headmaster, Robbie Nicol & Peter Higgins </p><p>26. Fridtjof Nansen: Adventure and <em>Friluftsliv</em>, Gunnar Repp </p><p>27. Juliette Gordon Low: Scouting and Experiential Education, Thomas E. Smith </p><p>28. Paul Petzoldt: Man of the Mountains, Tim O’Connell </p><p>29. Silvia Ashton-Warner: Teacher and Reflective Practitioner, Maureen Zarrella</p><p>30. Campbell Loughmiller: The Father of Therapeutic Camping, James Doncaster </p><p>31. Sidney B. Simon: Values Clarification Pioneer, Clifford E. Knapp </p><p>32. Eliot Wigginton: Foxfire - No Inert Ideas Allowed Here, Cynthia McDermott & Hilton Smith </p><p>33. Tricia Yu: The Tae of Experience, Gloree Rohnke </p><p><em>Appendix I. Deserving a Closer Look: Other Thinkers and Suggested Readings </em></p><p><em>Appendix II. Editors' Dialogue </em></p><p><em>Appendix III. Words of Wisdom: Selected Quotations about Experiential Education</em></p><p>About the Editors and the Contributing Authors</p><p>Index</p>