Call for Submission
Creative Classroom Issue 04: Revisiting Experiential Learning
When you recall your own school experiences, what moments are particularly meaningful to you? We bet these moments would at least include a field trip, or a special class session during which you made your hands “dirty”, or an activity that engaged your body and mind.
The topic of “experiential learning” is not new. It has long been advocated by educators and philosophers who believe in the power of authentic and meaningful experiences. Some of us may already have a degree of familiarity with John Dewey’s theoretical and philosophical contributions to “experiential learning.” Alice Y., Kolb, David A. Kolb, Jean Rousseau, Donald A. Schon are also among the group of scholars who have promoted the concept and practice of experiential learning. Considering that students now have more freedom and flexibility to use alternative (often digital) resources to assist their learning, the role of experiential learning might have changed. The flourishing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) may also bring new challenges as well as opportunities to education. We now need more updated discussions on approaches towards experiential learning.
How would you define “experiential learning” in today’s world? What is its relevance to higher education today? How is it different from planning for field trips?
What experiences can be counted as educative? How can we design educative experiences? What do they look like? How do we know they work well? How is experiential learning connected to community? How do we bring local resources in experiential learning? How can we design experiential learning experiences for a multicultural student group?
We invite you to contribute to this issue by sharing your experiences in designing experiential learning experiences, or by recounting your personal involvement in a program or activity that incorporates experiential learning components.
We are not looking for theories or review-style comments. Please share your stories, feelings, and reflections!
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The Creative Classroom is a platform and community that focuses on exploring approaches towards designing creative and meaningful learning experiences. We encourage contributors to present innovative ideas and deep reflections on experiential learning, project-based learning, educational technology, teaching and learning stories, and more. The Creative Classroom 4th Issue is now calling for paper submission.
Who can participate?
The paper submission is open to all instructors, researchers, practitioners, and students across the NYU Global Network and beyond.
The following topics are of particular interest:
- Experiential teaching method(s)
- Experiential teaching stories
- Field trip design and reflection
- Students course work (project demonstration, reflection essays, field trip photo essay)
Submission Types:
- Short stories (800–1,000 words)
- Long essays (under 2,000 words)
- Creative resources: tools, exercises, and ideas (800–1,000 words)
Submission Deadline:
Wed, Dec 6, 2023: Abstract submission deadline
Wed, Dec 20, 2023: Receive feedback on your abstract
Fri, Feb 2, 2024: Final article submission deadline
Please submit your abstract (100–250) here.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at shanghai.creativeclassroom@nyu.edu
Yanyue Yuan, Editor of The Creative Classroom
Zoe Yuan, Co-Editor of the 4th Issue of The Creative Classroom
