When a School Rethinks the Learning Environment: A Single Case Study of a New School Designed Around Experiential Learning

摘要

This case study looks at how experiential learning is implemented in a newly constructed school which has adopted an educational approach based on the principles of this pedagogical model. Since its inception, this Canadian K-8 school has chosen to implement experiential learning on both a structural and operational level. Semi-strucured interviews with administrators, teachers, students and parents were conducted and subsequently coded to reveal emerging thematic categories from each of these perspectives on learning in a teaching environment specifically designed around experiential learning. Themes from each perspective are categorized and serve as a basis for commentary on initial theory-based research propositions.