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Michael Holden; Paisley Worthington; Michelle Searle; Cheryl Mak – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Educators, researchers, and institutions have long recognized experiential education's value for fostering ongoing learning and skill development. In recent years, experiential education has gained increased traction in higher education, based on recognized need for graduates to encounter and actively reflect on lived experiences in various…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Experiential Learning, Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes
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Eloho Ifinedo; Diane Burt – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Service-learning (SL) is a widely accepted pedagogy that can enrich the learning experience for students in higher education while they apply their skills in a meaningful community service. This research is part of a larger project that aimed to motivate educational achievement among youths living in a priority neighborhood through SL.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Community Centers
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Tiessen, Rebecca – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
Work-integrated learning options--or experiential learning--(such as co-operative education, practicum placements, and community service learning/volunteer placements) offer much scope for enhancing educational opportunities for post-secondary students to learn about the workplace and to develop skills that may contribute to their future…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Postsecondary Education, Reflection, Service Learning
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Callary, Bettina; Maher, Patrick; Root, Emily; Ryan, Jennifer – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2018
In this expository essay, four faculty members co-reflect on the pedagogy used within one first-year course at a small Canadian university. We discuss the responsibility of facilitating five process-based pedagogical approaches. These complex and interrelated processes include: i) self-directed learning, ii) reflexive intra-personal learning, iii)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, Process Education, Independent Study
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Kecskes, Kevin; Joyalle, Jennifer; Elliott, Erin; Sherman, Jacob D. B. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
We may define and prioritize them differently, but few would deny that our human community is facing intractable problems at local, national, and global scales. The authors call on higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world to work collectively and with strategic intent and action to use sustainability as an organizing principle to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Ecology, Higher Education, College Role
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Lund, Darren E.; Lee, Lianne – Multicultural Education, 2021
This research studies a justice-based program that was originally developed from an initiation by a community agency seeking a collaboration with a postsecondary program. For this article, service-learning is defined as an experience in which students are provided an opportunity to participate in an organized activity in the community that serves…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, School Community Relationship
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Gallant, Karen; Fenton, Lara; Hamilton-Hinch, Barbara; Hutchinson, Susan; Rehman, Laurene; Singleton, Jerome – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2017
This research project explored students' and community practitioners' experiences of community-based experiential education and, in particular, the characteristics of such experiences that are key to creating meaningful learning opportunities. Through focus groups with current undergraduate students in recreation programs at Dalhousie University,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Undergraduate Students, Recreation, Foreign Countries
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Kricsfalusy, Vladimir; George, Colleen; Reed, Maureen G. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Improving student competencies to address sustainability challenges has been a subject of significant debate in higher education. Problem- and project-based learning have been widely celebrated as course models that support the development of sustainability competencies. This paper describes a course developed for a professional Master's program…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects, Environmental Education
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Tiessen, Rebecca; Grantham, Kate; Cameron, John – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2018
In this paper, we explore the relationship between experiential learning and career outcomes for international development studies (IDS) graduates from the perspective of program alumni, by presenting the results of a national survey completed by 1,901 IDS alumni across Canada. Employing study data, we answer the following research questions: (1)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Employment Patterns, Alumni
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Fenton, Lara; Gallant, Karen – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
Universities are currently embracing community engagement strategies to increase opportunities for student learning in community settings such as community organizations. Experiential learning is often touted as the pedagogy underlying such experiences. We undertook a research project exploring the challenges and benefits for students and faculty…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Definitions, Models, Integrated Curriculum
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Shin, Hyunjung; Jeon, Mihyon – English Teaching, 2018
In this paper, we explore how English language teacher education could be envisioned in different ways if one were to adopt a 'social' approach toward English language education. More specifically, drawing on our experience, which we gathered as Korean faculty members of two Canadian universities, with the help of reflexive inquiry, we highlighted…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Frost, Gail; Connolly, Maureen; Lappano, Elyse – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
Our service learning research includes assessment of reflective assignments done by students who apply theoretical knowledge in practical, real-life contexts by working with actual clients. For many of these students our classes are a departure from traditional forms of learning, and a challenge to their ability to apply what they know in often…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Reflection, Writing Assignments, Journal Writing
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Yates, Thomas; Wilson, Jay; Purton, Kendra – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the methods of experiential assessment in use at a Canadian university and the extent to which they are used. Exploring experiential assessment will allow identification of commonly used methods and facilitate the development of best practices of assessment in the context of experiential learning (EL) at…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Best Practices
Acai, Anita; Cowan, Victoria; Doherty, Stephanie; Sharma, Gaurav; Thevathasan, Naythrah – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
In recent years, there has been a dynamic shift in the role of the university student through the creation and promotion of experiential learning opportunities on campuses across the country. Many post-secondary programs now include co-op placements, practicums, or internships where students can apply theoretical knowledge to real-world settings.…
Descriptors: College Students, Experiential Learning, Altruism, Volunteers
Davidson, Sara Florence; Davidson, Robert – Canadian Journal of Education, 2016
Through a series of interviews, I learned how my father drew upon his family's and community's teachings, which were deeply rooted in traditional Haida pedagogy, to achieve success. I reflected on his stories and their connections and the work of other Indigenous scholars in the field of education to thematically organize the teachings that he…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
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