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mit ihren Händen begreifen

English translation: really get a feel for it

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German term or phrase:mit ihren Händen begreifen
English translation:really get a feel for it
Entered by: Gordon Matthews

13:04 Dec 17, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
German term or phrase: mit ihren Händen begreifen
I know what this means, but I'm not sure what would work best in English. Any thoughts/ideas would be much appreciated! (British English preferred.)
Here's the context (in an article about a community supported agriculture scheme where the farm is also open to school classes and adult groups for educational purposes):

In der Bildungsarbeit ist mir wichtig, dass die Menschen entschleunigt unterwegs sind, die Natur selber mit Staunen entdecken und mit ihren Händen begreifen.
Sie erfahren so ganz praktisch den Zusammenhang von Anbau und Ernte und Besonderheiten, wie den Einsatz von natürlicher Schädlingsbekämpfung und Bodendüngung.
Gordon Matthews
Germany
Local time: 04:21
really get a feel for it
Explanation:
"literally get a feel for it"
https://www.google.com/search?q="literally get a feel for it...

Here's a really British idiom: 'learn by getting stuck in'
However, the verb in the source text is 'begreifen' rather than 'lernen'.

Can you somehow work 'tactile' into it?
Selected response from:

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:21
Grading comment
Good answer! Thanks! It conveys the double entendre of "begreifen", which I think is important.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4really get a feel for it
Lancashireman
4 +2learn using their hands/learn by doing
Karen Watkins
5hands-on learning
Karin Redclift
4giving people a tactile sense of nature
Michael Martin, MA
3grasp nature with their own hands, as it were
Klaus Beyer
2comprehend nature through their senses
Veronika Neuhold
Summary of reference entries provided
Kinesthetic learning
Michele Fauble

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
learn using their hands/learn by doing


Explanation:
.. or could you even do something involving “hands-on learning/experience”?

Karen Watkins
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Lancashireman's suggestion is fine too, but you were first.
2 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble: Kinesthetic learning in the parlance of educational learning styles.
6 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
really get a feel for it


Explanation:
"literally get a feel for it"
https://www.google.com/search?q="literally get a feel for it...

Here's a really British idiom: 'learn by getting stuck in'
However, the verb in the source text is 'begreifen' rather than 'lernen'.

Can you somehow work 'tactile' into it?

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 370
Grading comment
Good answer! Thanks! It conveys the double entendre of "begreifen", which I think is important.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth: Works well (literally get a feel for it).
12 mins
agree  Catriona C.
21 mins
agree  Björn Vrooman: I know the adjective has a slightly different meaning, but some ENS use "get a hands-on feel" literally: "...as you get a hands-on feel of a certain turf." https://www.grass-direct.co.uk/gdblog Would also work b/c of "praktisch" in the next sentence.
12 hrs
agree  Veronika Neuhold: Mit Björn
21 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hands-on learning


Explanation:
In a Montessori classroom you will see hands-on learning EVERYWHERE! If a child is able to use their hands to discover, their discoveries become more meaningful to them. The concepts they learn are much more rooted than any rote memorization could be, because in using their hands, they experience their learning. They are an active participant.


    Reference: http://ageofmontessori.org/the-power-of-hands-on-learning/
Karin Redclift
United States
Local time: 19:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
giving people a tactile sense of nature


Explanation:
Compare with this:
"Your sense of touch can also contribute to the natural world brought inside. Why not place pebbles, shells, seed pods or pieces of tree bark as ornaments around your home? Doing this will foster a tactile sense of nature as you pick them up, and perhaps trigger the happy memory of when they were collected." https://homes.nine.com.au/design/connect-with-nature-city-ap...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 22:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 178
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
grasp nature with their own hands, as it were


Explanation:
also takes care of the double entendre "be'greifen"

Klaus Beyer
United States
Local time: 21:21
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: I like this answer, because it conveys the double entendre well. It was really only a toss-up between this and "really get a feel for it".

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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
die Natur mit ihren Händen begreifen
comprehend nature through their senses


Explanation:
I'm not a native speaker of English ...


    https://studylib.net/doc/8865430/men--women--and-nature-in-sarah-o-jewett-s-%E2%80%9Ca-white
Veronika Neuhold
Austria
Local time: 04:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: Kinesthetic learning

Reference information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning

Michele Fauble
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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