Disguising your veggies: how to creatively embed intentional practice in experiential learning

Lead Author: C-J Foster

Additional authors: Elle Simms

Timetable: Thursday Session 4: 10:00-10:45, Gallery Room 1

Description:

When kids are little, diversifying their food can be a challenge and somehow we have to get those veggies in! We all know they are important for growth, nourishment and strength, but it takes creativity and a good recipe! This playshop will be an experiential learning opportunity to explore how we creatively disguise the veggies – in our case how you intentionally embed into practice ways to create a space safe, deal with discomfort, build confidence, set up skills, and encourage positive risk taking, interaction and reflection in a way that doesn’t feel forced or unpalatable.

As facilitators of the session, we will play in our roles as both games masters and masters of disguise. The experiences that we are scaffolding in these roles will be dictated by the energy, characters and interactions in the room and we will surface ways to respond to that in action. We will explore how to change dynamics and direction through the words we use, the use of our bodies and different delivery methods.

We love a good surprise! And when we facilitate this way, we get the joy of the unexpected learning that takes place and the in-action reflection it allows. By the end of the day, we will all have switched between our learning hats and our experiential chefs hats and be ready to get in our “five a day”!

C-J and Elle are experiential learning specialists who specialise in facilitation and delivery with students at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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