EP 159 Experience Based SEL with Phil Brown The Dash

"Connection before content. Before anyone tries to teach anything to someone, actually gives them content, we should be focusing on the way that we connect with each other."
- Phil Brown

Phil Brown of High 5 Adventure Learning Center and host of the Vertical Playpen podcast joins me this week to talk about adventure learning, experiential learning, and using the challenge course as a tool for teaching SEL. We talk about how you can use principles of the High 5 Adventure Learning Center, the results of studies on SEL, and the learning during COVID-19.

Find out more at high5adventure.org

01:25 - How High 5 Adventure brings experiential learning into the classroom
04:55 - Focusing on connection, empowerment, and leadership
07:15 - What the challenge course is for (and what it's not for)
11:15 - How is High 5 being used in schools?
15:00 - The result of SEL on disciplinary action in schools
18:00 - Community benefits from SEL
20:05 - Teaching experiential learning via virtual interactions
23:30 - Is physical connection a requirement of meaningful relationships?