Course Description The design and implementation of expe­riential learning activities. Teaching practicums are included in class. Students will design valid and reliable experiential activi­ties, evaluate and assess the limitations of experiential education.  Once a philo­sophical basis for teaching and learning has been estab­lished, the course will turn its attention from theory to practice.  Students will participate in experiential training and teaching with the University Activities Program.

Objectives

1.   Identify the value of experience and the theoretical under­pinnings of experi­ential education.

            2.   Bring into focus selected theories of teaching and learning, to assist the student in the building of their own educational philos­ophy as it applies to outdoor education/recreation.

            3.   Turn  from a teacher centered curriculum to that of a student centered one.

4.   Expose unused resources in the development of alter­native learning environ­ments.

Requirements

                Textbook - Lasting Lessons, by Knapp and Teamwork & Teamplay, by Cain

     One day long field trip is required.

Grading This is a two part course and will stress the shift from teacher-cen­tered to student-centered learning activities.  As such, Part I will present highly structured learning experiences and demands a high academ­ic commit­ment to learn­ing the theory and practice of experien­tial education.  Part II will shift the design of experience to the students’ ability to expand on what has been taught previously.

Grading:

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Elements of Experiential Education

RL-343 Winter 2004

Kari S. Archibald MC 150 (2224)                                                                                                    

MW 1:00 - 1:50 MC 318