1. Richard Enfield & Richard Ponzio University of California, Davis FROM DEWEY TO DOING: How Experiential Education Theory can be used as a Best Education Practice Prepared for the BEPs for Water Outreach Professional Symposium University of Wisconsin, Madison June 3, 2004

2. DEWEY’S CONTINUITY & INTERACTION (1938) PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION …every experience both takes up something from those which have gone before & modifies in some way the quality of those which come after. …an individual’s experience results from the interaction between self & the environment. There are “objective” environmental factors & subjective internal factors.

3. PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION PAST EXPERIENCE PAST EXPERIENCE PAST EXPERIENCE FUTURE EXPERIENCE OBJECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SUBJECTIVE INTERNAL FACTORS DEWEY’S CONTINUITY & INTERACTION IN 4-H FUTURE EXPERIENCE PRESENT EXPERIENCE © 2004 RICHARD P. ENFIELD

4. PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION WATERSHED CURRICULUM STREAM MONITORING WATERSHED MODEL REGIONAL 4-H PRESENTATION TIME TO PREPARE FAMILY SUPPORT EXCITED ABOUT EXPERIENCES HAVE AN IMPACT DEWEY’S CONTINUITY & INTERACTION IN 4-H OTHER EXPERIENCE COUNTY 4-H PRESENTATION © 2004 RICHARD P. ENFIELD

5. PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY PRINCIPLE OF INTERACTION WATERSHED CURRICULUM STREAM MONITORING WATERSHED MODEL COUNTY 4-H PRESENTATION JUDGES’ COMMENTS TIME FRAME FEELINGS INTERESTS KNOWLEDGE DEWEY’S CONTINUITY & INTERACTION IN 4-H SCHOOL ASSEMBLY ? REGIONAL 4-H PRESENTATION © 2004 RICHARD P. ENFIELD

6. LEARNER INSTRUCTIONCONTENT CONTINUITY INTERACTION

7. LEARNER AGE INTEREST SKILLS LEARNING PREFERENCES ETC…

8. INSTRUCTION DIRECT GROUPS MEDIA CROSS-AGE EXPERIENTIAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING CYCLE

9. CONTENT WATER QUALITY WATERSHED RESTORATION HISTORY OF WATERSHED LAND EXAMPLES WATER USE ETC…

10. LEARNER INSTRUCTIONCONTENT CONTINUITY INTERACTION

11. RICHARD P. ENFIELD 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA rpenfield@ucdavis.edu RICHARD PONZIO 4-H SPECIALIST UC DAVIS rcponzio@ucdavis.edu

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