Active and Experiential Learning Strategies

Active and Experiential Learning Strategies groups specific instructional techniques defined by what students actively do together or with a problem, rather than by a philosophy of education or a whole named school system. Belongs here: Cooperative Learning, in which small groups work toward a shared academic goal; Experiential Learning, acquiring knowledge through direct experience and reflection; Inquiry-Based Learning and Problem-Based Learning, which begin a unit with a question or an open-ended problem rather than delivered facts; Project-Based Learning, organized around an extended real-world question; and the Flipped Classroom, which moves lecture content outside class to free class time for active work. Does not belong here: a broad learning paradigm such as Constructivism, grouped under Learning Theory Paradigms, and a whole named school system such as Montessori Education, grouped under Named Pedagogical Models and Movements, even where a strategy here is often used inside one of those systems.