Sourcebook of experiential education: key thinkers and their contributions

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: Philosophers and Educational Theorists Nature Educators ...

Experiential education and learning by experience / Thomas E. Smith ... [et al.]. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates: ancient Greek perspectives on experiential learning / Paul Stonehouse, Pete Allison & David Carr. Rousseau and Pestalozzi: Emile, Gertrude, and experiential education / Thomas E. Smith. Sir Patrick Geddes: "vivendo discimus?": by living we learn / Peter Higgins & Robbie Nicol. Alfred North Whitehead: educational emergence / Jasper S. Hunt. Martin Buber: dialogue, relationship, the other, and the more-than-human world / Sean Blenkinsop. Paulo Freire: critical praxis and experiential education / Mary Breunig. Maxine Greene: the power of the possible / Laurie S. Frank. Eleanor Duckworth: the teacher's teacher / Andrew Bobilya & Brad Daniel. Jean Louis Rodolfe Agassiz: nature and experiential education / Clifford E. Knapp. Alexander von Humboldt: expeditionary scientist / Brad Daniel. Anna Botsford Comstock: beyond science?: learning about self and nature through field experience / Janice L. Woodhouse & Christopher D. Wells. Charles Eastman and Luther Standing Bear: two early indian writers and educators / Clifford E. Knapp. Aldo Leopold: teaching in the spirit of the land ethic / Steven Simpson. Lloyd B. Sharp: trailblazer in outdoor education / Julie Carlson. Rachel Carson: inspiring a sense of wonder / Karen Warren & Lorene Wapotich. Sigurd Olson and Paul Shephard: experiential education and ancient rhythms / Bob Henderson. Emile Durkheim: socialization and education / Thomas E. Smith. Lev Vygotsky: experiential education?: a view from the future / Jayson Seaman & Mathew Gingo. Fritz Perls: gestalt therapy and experiential education / Thomas Lindblade. Kurt Lewin: another Kurt for experiential educators to know / Thomas E. Smith & Chris Leeming. Earl C. Kelley: education for what is real / Edward O. Raiola. Carl Rogers: a way of being an experiential educator / Thomas E. Smith. Maria Montessori: founding mother of experiential education? / Michael

Experiential education and learning by experience / Thomas E. Smith ... [et al.]. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates: ancient Greek perspectives on experiential learning / Paul Stonehouse, Pete Allison & David Carr -- Rousseau and Pestalozzi: Emile, Gertrude, and experiential education / Thomas E. Smith -- Sir Patrick Geddes: "vivendo discimus?": by living we learn / Peter Higgins & Robbie Nicol -- Alfred North Whitehead: educational emergence / Jasper S. Hunt -- Martin Buber: dialogue, relationship, the other, and the more-than-human world / Sean Blenkinsop -- Paulo Freire: critical praxis and experiential education / Mary Breunig -- Maxine Greene: the power of the possible / Laurie S. Frank -- Eleanor Duckworth: the teacher's teacher / Andrew Bobilya & Brad Daniel -- Jean Louis Rodolfe Agassiz: nature and experiential education / Clifford E. Knapp -- Alexander von Humboldt: expeditionary scientist / Brad Daniel -- Anna Botsford Comstock: beyond science?: learning about self and nature through field experience / Janice L. Woodhouse & Christopher D. Wells -- Charles Eastman and Luther Standing Bear: two early indian writers and educators / Clifford E. Knapp -- Aldo Leopold: teaching i…