Angelopoulou Matina V, Kavvadia Katerina
Department of Developmental Sciences, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Marquette University, School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 Jun 12;7:70. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_180_17. eCollection 2018.
Experiential learning is an innovative learning method that knowledge is gained through experience. The aim of this paper was to review the application of experiential learning in health education and suggest an oral health education program using experiential learning. Experiential learning has been used in the past successfully in health education mostly in university curricula. In oral health education, its use is limited and without following a comprehensive structure. An experiential learning oral health education program, implemented in the classroom by a trained teacher, is proposed to be integrated in the school's curriculum. Initially, using brainstorming students express their opinions and feelings toward oral health. Then, students are allocated to working groups to develop oral health projects. The outcome of these projects is presented in the classroom to their peers through role playing, posters, songs, games, etc., Finally, a discussion is stimulated by the teacher to encourage children to express their feelings about oral health issues and thus experientially recognize the importance of oral health. Experiential learning has been effectively used in health education and can be a successful method for oral health education. For optimal results, a predetermined experiential method structure has to be followed.
体验式学习是一种通过经验获取知识的创新学习方法。本文旨在回顾体验式学习在健康教育中的应用，并提出一个使用体验式学习的口腔健康教育项目。体验式学习过去已成功应用于健康教育，主要是在大学课程中。在口腔健康教育中，其应用有限且缺乏全面的结构。建议由一名经过培训的教师在课堂上实施的体验式学习口腔健康教育项目纳入学校课程。首先，通过头脑风暴，学生们表达他们对口腔健康的看法和感受。然后，学生们被分成工作小组来开展口腔健康项目。这些项目的成果通过角色扮演、海报、歌曲、游戏等方式在课堂上展示给同龄人。最后，教师引发讨论，鼓励孩子们表达他们对口腔健康问题的感受，从而通过体验认识到口腔健康的重要性。体验式学习已在健康教育中得到有效应用，并且可以成为口腔健康教育的一种成功方法。为了取得最佳效果，必须遵循预定的体验式方法结构。
