Abstract

Human life is constantly shaped by the various experiences that we acquire during our lifetime. It has become very important to see or look into that children not only learn but how do they learn. In 2010, UNESCO had stated that Experiential Learning as one of the teaching strategies for 21^st Century. Experiential learning has changed, the century old approach of teachers-talk, students listen to an interactive one where learning happens in a social context. The present study was aimed to find out the awareness of teachers towards experiential learning, the level of implementation in daily teaching learning transactions and also challenges faced in it. Using descriptive survey method, data was collected using a researcher made questionnaire from 168 teachers across different teaching level from primary to higher education, affiliated to different boards of education. The study has shown that teachers had varied level of awareness about experiential learning, extent of implementation and in the challenges faced.

Keywords: Experiential learning, Awareness, Implementation of experiential learning strategies.

[1] Mahatma Junior College of Education, Chembur