Experience orientation
Experience orientation is a conception of teaching and learning that aims to combine school learning more with life. The experience-based approach involves two variants, namely learning based on previous experiences and creating new experiences. In the latter variant, it is closely related to being close to life.
At the beginning of the 20th century, John Dewey developed the concept of experience-based orientation in the USA . This approach was based on the idea that learning is more intense when we develop learning away from book school towards concrete experiences. The keyword "experience orientation" was later one of the first critical concepts that was compared to the conceptually oriented curricula of the early 1970s.
Core remains that for the didactic thinking the living environment of children, is therefore, considered their subjective experience of the world around as important, but not as a static enhancing the actual situation, but as an opportunity to further human and social development. The concept of experience orientation refers to the connection to already made experiences. It is therefore broader than that of closeness to life and has deeper learning-theoretical reasons. Hartmut von Hentig picked up this concept again when the Bielefeld laboratory school was founded. Various variants of the concept have been tried out there for more than 30 years.
This approach is particularly valued theoretically in general teaching . In practice, however, index cards, school books and worksheets tend to be used without any specific experience.
See also
literature
- Gerhard Wöll: Action: Learning through experience. 2nd Edition. Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2004, ISBN 3-89676-790-9 .