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Experiential Learning
At Besant Hill School, our educational approach begins in the classroom, expands to the community, and eventually takes the learning process into the world at large. Experiential Learning is a practice that engages students in active, hands-on learning, integrating curricular goals with practical and consequential real-life experiences. Experiential Learning encompasses a broad variety of learning activities, including:
- outdoor education
- adventure learning
- service projects
- performing & visual arts opportunities
- professional internships
- senior Capstone Projects
- group-based learning projects
- world travel
- cross-cultural collaboration
Experiential Learning
At Besant Hill School, our educational approach begins in the classroom, expands to the community, and eventually takes the learning process into the world at large. Experiential Learning is a practice that engages students in active, hands-on learning, integrating curricular goals with practical and consequential real-life experiences. Experiential Learning encompasses a broad variety of learning activities, including:
- outdoor education
- adventure learning
- service projects
- performing & visual arts opportunities
- professional internships
- senior Capstone Projects
- group-based learning projects
- world travel
- cross-cultural collaboration
Experiential Learning
At Besant Hill School, our educational approach begins in the classroom, expands to the community, and eventually takes the learning process into the world at large. Experiential Learning is a practice that engages students in active, hands-on learning, integrating curricular goals with practical and consequential real-life experiences. Experiential Learning encompasses a broad variety of learning activities, including:
- outdoor education
- adventure learning
- service projects
- performing & visual arts opportunities
- professional internships
- senior Capstone Projects
- group-based learning projects
- world travel
- cross-cultural collaboration
This educational approach begins in the classroom, expands to the community, and eventually takes the learning process into the world at large. Building on our mission to actively engage learners in progressive education models, students will have the opportunity to travel regionally, nationally, and internationally for Experiential Learning projects. Faculty members, students, and members of the administration create meaningful, curriculum-based trips to support our educational objectives, and travel dates coincide with school breaks.
Past Trips have visited:
Ecuador & Galápagos Islands
Italy
Cuba
Greece
Australia
New York City and Philadelphia
Costa Rica
Nepal
Cameroon, Africa
New Orleans
Mexico City and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
San Francisco, CA
Cairo, Egypt
This educational approach begins in the classroom, expands to the community, and eventually takes the learning process into the world at large. Building on our mission to actively engage learners in progressive education models, students will have the opportunity to travel regionally, nationally, and internationally for Experiential Learning projects. Faculty members, students, and members of the administration create meaningful, curriculum-based trips to support our educational objectives, and travel dates coincide with school breaks.
Past Trips have visited:
Ecuador & Galápagos Islands
Italy
Cuba
Greece
Australia
New York City and Philadelphia
Costa Rica
Nepal
Cameroon, Africa
New Orleans
Mexico City and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
San Francisco, CA
Cairo, Egypt
Besant Hill School of Happy Valley
8585 Ojai Santa Paula Rd
Ojai, CA 93023
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Tel: (805) 646-4343
Fax: (805) 646-4371
