Moral and intellectual courage only comes from experience
"Moral and intellectual courage only comes from experience" J. Darling I just read a piece about 2 and 3 year olds cooking over a fire. Author Emma Conder summarized the essence of experiential education in one picture and about four paragraphs. 'Sam with his damper bread' Emma Conder The simplicity of this strikes me. Yup, it's all there, the process of understanding, information transfer. The concrete experience and reflection stage is occurring simultaneously, this child is no doubt set for success to conceptualize this in the near future. Ms. Conder calls it 'ignighting minds'. Makes one curious how large school districts embrace this and at older ages. 'Bushcraft' and outdoor education experiences (most importantly overnight ones) almost entirely remain as extra-curricular activities and appear as enhancements to a schools program. If a school/districts vision revolves around interacting with experiences and buildi