Experience, Try, Touch

Experience, Try, Touch Experiential learning and pedagogy are the fundamental approaches to modern education in the 21st century. This approach enables students to learn with their hands on, it supports the academic side of their studies and it develops the national curriculum within the area of the key competences and soft skills which are required so much nowadays. If we want to lead our students to the positive development of their personalities and skills, we cannot stand in front of them and order them what to think. Students need impulses in order to develop their curiosity, they need space to communicate, an opportunity to present, a topic to be debated with their classmates and teacher; they need a chance to show their creativity. And it is the experience which gives them a chance to do things practically in the real world. Every school subject, every extracurricular activity or conceptual experiential programme should contain features of this pedagogy which brings to students new and genuine challenges, activities, goals, a connection with local community and its needs, successes and failures. Experiential learning is one of the fundamental pillars of teaching and learning at the 1st International School of Ostrava. Students often leave their comfort zone and face various challenges out of the school, either as part of their classes and subjects or through programmes such as The Duke of Edinburgh International Award. This is how we build and develop soft skills (communication, creativity, cooperation, critical thinking and problem solving, imagination, entrepreneurship) as well as the key competencies (civic, social and personal, learning competency), which lead students to future successful studies and getting a good job.