Experiential Learning

The principles of experiential learning include:

Experiential learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection, critical analysis, and synthesis.
Experiences are structured in ways that require the client to take initiative, make decisions, and be accountable for results.
Throughout the experiential learning process, the client is actively engaged through output the acts of posing questions, investigating, experimenting, being curious, calving problems, assuming responsibility, being creative, and constructing their own meaning about their experience.
Clients are engaged intellectually, emotionally, socially, soulfully, and/or physically, which affirm to them that the the learning tasks are authentic.
The results of learning are personal and form the basis for future experience and learning.
Relationships are developed and nurtured, whether they are client to self, client to others, or client to the world at large.
The client may experience success, failure, adventure, risk-taking, and uncertainty because the outcomes of experience cannot be reliably predicted.
opportunities are identified to explained and examine personal values.
The facilitator’s primary roles include setting up suitable experiences, posing problems or challenges, the client needs to solve, setting boundaries, supporting clients, ensuring physical and emotional safety, and facilitating the learning process.
The facilitator encourages spontaneous opportunities for learning and works to recognize them when they arise.
The design of the learning experience includes the possibility of learning from natural consequences, mistakes, and successes.

While experiential approaches can be conducted in a variety of settings, using unlimited tools, the Eagala Model has the added advantage of horses, dynamic and powerful living beings who enhance the experiential process.

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Experiential Learning

The principles of experiential learning include: