EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING IN BIOLOGY AT GRADE 6

EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING IN BIOLOGY AT GRADE 6

Duong Thi Kim Oanh oanhdtk@hcmute.edu.vn Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education 01 Vo Van Ngan, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phan Thi Thanh Thuy thanhthuyhbp@gmail.com Cau Kieu Highschool 244 Phan Dinh Phung, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Summary: 
In order to meet the requirements of developing learning capacity in secondary school, experiential learning supports the student-driven activities in investigating and discovering the natural environment, through which students would acquire knowledge, build and develop general and particular capacity for their own. Since Biology subjects in Grade 6 are all about plants, the knowledge acquired through this subject is various and applicable to everyday life. This work overviewed the general issues in experiential learning instruction and experiential teaching instruction in Biology subjects in Grade 6. Thus, there suggested an organizing procedure for experiential learning Biology in Grade 6, following D. Kolb’s model. Four stages of Kolb’s model have been outlined in the right way for Grade 6 Biology. Several notes in designing and organizing experiential learning instruction for this grade are also included in the paper.
Keywords: 
Experience
experiential learning
Experiential teaching
Biology
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