Experiential Learning
Skills Activities
August 27, 2020
Skills activities, including competitions, skill fairs, or skill workshops, offer another engaging way for students to learn, reflect, and collaborate in a practical and authentic manner.
Skills Activities
What does it look like?
Skills Activities, including competitions, skill fairs, or skill workshops, offer another engaging way for students to learn, reflect, and collaborate in a practical and authentic manner.
Benefits
Students and Families
Provides opportunity for exploration for students interested in experience, skills, and requirements related to an interest, passion, or opportunity
Employers and Community
Can promote youth engagement and heighten the profile of community, work, or an interest that serves as the focus for the activity
Develops interest and further exploration related to a workplace or community opportunity
Educators
Provides meaningful, curriculum-related experience for students
Can promote student engagement/motivation/collaboration
Considerations
Students and Families
Promotes exploration of the opportunities and relevance of studies to areas of interest
May be particularly engaging for those who appreciate more in-depth opportunity to learn, challenge themselves, and explore
Employers and Community
May require liaison with educators to encourage a safe, meaningful, and engaging experience for all participants
Educators
Allows for close work with other partners, particularly students, to make curricular connections within skill activities