Interdisciplinary Study Abroad as Experiential Learning

Promoting Critical Thinking through an Interdisciplinary Study Abroad Program

This paper discusses the promotion of critical thinking through an interdisciplinary curriculum design using multidisciplinary faculty as well as details the implementation of an experiential short-term study abroad program in China. To achieve this educational goal of critical thinking, along with meeting the requirements specific to each course, the program was built on a framework using two ...

Experiential learning as a method to enhance experiential teaching

Learning Systems Organising Reflection – Organisational Learning as Collective, Experiential Learning

The article discusses shifts and continuities in practical and theoretical work on organisational learning since the mid 1980s within a tradition at the Work Research Institute (WRI) in Oslo promoting work place democracy. Projects over 20 years are reviewed. All the projects discussed have had a participatory action research design. The point, however, is the emerging justifications for the ch...

Virtual world teaching, experiential learning, and assessment: An interdisciplinary communication course in Second Life

0360-1315/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.010 Abbreviation: SL, Second Life. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 512 232 3302; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] (L. J [email protected] (A. Trivedi). While many reports espouse the potential impact that 3-D virtual worlds are expected to have on teaching and learning in higher education in a few...

Outcomes of an International Audiology Service-Learning Study-Abroad Program.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' academic and civic learning, with particular interest in cultural competence, gained through participation in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences in Zambia study-abroad program. METHOD Twelve female students participated in the program. Quantitative data collected included pre- and postprogram administration of the Public Affa...