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== In schools == {{Further|Experiential education}}{{See also|Outdoor education|Vocational education|Career and technical education|Sandwich degree}} Experiential learning is supported in different [[school organizational models]] and [[learning environment]]s. * [[Hyper Island]] is a global, constructivist school originally from Sweden, with a range of school and executive education programs grounded in experience-based learning, and with reflection taught as key skill to learn for life. * [[Think Global School|THINK Global School]] is a four-year traveling high school that holds classes in a new country each term. Students engage in experiential learning through activities such as workshops, cultural exchanges, museum tours, and nature expeditions. *In the ELENA-Project, the follow-up project of "animals live", experiential learning with living animals will be developed. Together with project partners from Romania, Hungary and Georgia, the Bavarian Academy of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management in Germany brings living animals in the lessons of European schools. The aim is to brief children for the context of the biological diversity and to support them to develop ecologically oriented values.<ref>[http://www.anl.bayern.de/english/research/elena/index.htm ELENA project leader]</ref> *Loving High School in [[Loving, New Mexico]], publishes career and technical education opportunities for students. These include internship for students who are interested in science, STEM majors, or architecture. The school is making good connections with local businesses, which helps students get used to working in such environments. * The Work Experience Builders project connect work to learning by helping students gain real-world work experience and experiential knowledge within a mentored project-based learning environment.<ref>[https://www.certificationpoint.org/ CertificationPoint]</ref> *Chicago Public Schools operates eight early college STEM high schools through its Early College STEM School Initiative. The eight high schools offer four-years of computer science classes to every student. Additionally, students are able to earn college credits from local community colleges. Each school partners with a technology company which offers students internships and mentors from the company to expose students to jobs in STEM fields.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Staff|first1=Noodle|title=41 Choose Your Future: Early College STEM Schools|url=https://chooseyourfuture.cps.edu/early-college-stem-schools/|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> *[[Robert H. Smith School of Business]] offers select [[undergraduate students]] a year-round advanced course whereby students conduct financial analyses and security trades to manage real investment dollars in the [[Lemma Senbet Fund]]. * Nonprofits such as Out Teach,<ref>[https://www.out-teach.org/ Out Teach]</ref> Life Lab,<ref>[https://www.lifelab.org/ Life Lab]</ref> Nature Explore,<ref>[https://natureexplore.org/ Nature Explore]</ref> and the National Wildlife Federation,<ref>[https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Education-Programs/ National Wildlife Federation]</ref> provide training for teachers on how to use outdoor spaces for experiential learning. * Many European schools take part in intercultural educational programs, such as the [[European Youth Parliament]], which uses experience-based learning to promote intercultural understanding among young students, through indoor and outdoor activities, discussions and debates.<ref>[https://eyp.org/what-we-do/ The European Youth Parliament]</ref>
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